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to its showy flowers being plucked by the persons who milk 

 the animals. This plant has been previously found within 

 the area of the Club, and is recorded in Tate's History of 

 Alnwick, vol. ii., p. 428, as found in a field near Embleton. 

 I am not aware that it has ever been found before in 

 Berwickshire, and Professor Balfour writes me that it is rare 

 every where in Scotland, so that it is a welcome addition to 

 the flora of our district. 



Notice of Night Heron ; Ardea Nycticorax, Lin. 

 By T. H. Gibb, Alnwick. 



An immature female of this rare bird was shot, on Nov. 

 24th last, near to the confluence of the Cawledge burn with 

 the Aln, by one of Major Browne's under-gamekeepers. The 

 specimen was brought to me, by him, two days afterwards ; 

 and he informed me it had been observed during the preceding 

 three weeks in the immediate vicinity of the place where it 

 was killed. 



The species is of rare occurrence in Britain. It is recorded 

 as an occasional visitant, by Selby, in his ornithology of Ber- 

 wickshire, printed in the Club's Proceedings, 1841, a fine 

 specimen having been killed in the Hirsel. This is but the 

 second time of its occurrence with the area of the Club. 



Places of Meeting for the Year, 1871. 



Maxton . . . . . . Thursday, May 11. 



Whalton „ June 29. 



Cockburnspath . . . . „ July 27. 



Alnmouth, on or about 31st August, 

 according to the state of the tide. 

 Berwick . . . . . . „ September 28. 



