FIELD MEF.TINGS FOR I9IO 205 



there seated could view the elevation of the Mass. This 

 change had entailed various alterations of doors and windows, 

 most interesting to follow in detail as given in an excellent 

 paper read by Mr. Gregory of Darlington. The old colum- 

 barium or dove-cote was also largely in view. 



The return journey, by kind permission of the owner of 

 Cliffe Hall, was made through the fields on the south side of 

 the river, where another of life's tragedies was seen in the 

 shape of a trap, set in a passage through a small wall, which 

 had successively caught a rat and a hedgehog, poachers both, 

 and of all unlikely things a robin just fledged, which was still 

 warm. The usual birds were well in evidence throughout the 

 day, especially the swallows, which at times skimmed the 

 water so closely as to make quite a considerable spash. 



The entomologists of the party found the first mile or two of 

 the journey so productive that they decided to go no farther, 

 and spent the rest of the time by the river banks, discovering 

 several species of Thrips, etc., not recorded before in the dis- 

 trict and identified by Mr. Bagnall. 



The party met for tea at the George Hotel, Piercebridge, 

 after which a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Stanley Smith, M.Sc, 

 was passed for his kindness in making the arrangements, and 

 the hope was expressed that other meetings of the united 

 societies might take place, a hearty invitation being given to 

 the Darlington friends for the meetings at Wooler and the 

 Northumbrian Lakes. 



The Fourth Field Meeting took the form of a three days' 

 visit to the Cheviots, the only one of the season from which 

 the President was absent, and curiously enough the only time 

 when the fates were unpropitious so far as the weather was 

 concerned. This, however, failed to damp the spirits of the 

 party, as judging from the individual reports the meeting was 

 one of the pleasantest of the season. The Cottage Hotel, 

 Wooler, was chosen for head-quarters, and the evening of the 

 arrival was spent in a visit to the lake on Weetwood Moor. 



