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Mary's House/' a quaint old residence of some historical in- 

 terest, as its name implies, but not calling for any special 

 notice at our hands. An old and umbrageous pear tree, 

 covering with its branches a large portion of the garden, 

 looks as though it might be a contemporary of the Capon 

 Tree. 



After dinner, Dr F. Douglas read a memoir of our late dis- 

 tinguished confrere, Dr Wm. Baird, of the British Museum, 

 who was one of the founders of the Club in the year 1831. 

 Sir Walter Elliot read some notes on the occurrence, in 1869, 

 of the Goshawk, at Minto ; with a notice of other Raptorial 

 Birds, now scarce in the district. Dr Douglas communicated 

 an interesting paper, by Mr Hardy, on the Capon Tree ; and 

 Mr Jerdon and the President read notices of the period of 

 arrival during this season of our feathered summer visitants. 

 Sir Walter Elliot likewise called the attention of members to 

 the desirability of different Natural History Clubs communi- 

 cating with each other ; and also of members in different parts 

 of the county making observations regarding the arrival and 

 departure of our migratory birds, with a view to their being 

 tabulated — an office kindly undertaken by Mr Jerdon. 



Our second meeting was held at Bamburgh, on the 27th 

 June. There were present: — The Rev. F. R. Simpson, 

 President ; Dr F. Douglas and Mr J. Hardy, Secretaries ; 

 Mr Robert Middlemas, Treasurer ; Revs. Ven. Archdeacon 

 Hamilton, W. Darnell, W. Greenwell, W. Cumby, W. L. J. 

 Cooley, J. S. Green, J. Marshall, P. G. McDouall, C. Thorp, 



E. A. Wilkinson, J. E. Elliot, S. A. Fyler, and A. Jones ; 

 Drs C. Douglas and A. J. Main ; Sir Walter Elliot ; Messrs 



F. J. W. Collingwood, Thomas Friar, J. E. Friar, W. B. 

 Boyd, Charles Rea, C. H. Cadogan, R. G. Bolam, E. Allen, 

 W. Wightman, and J. Clay ; and as visitors : Rev. J. Park ; 

 Messrs Stuart McDouall, Arthur Simpson, Laing, &c, &c. 

 The party, including visitors, numbered thirty-four. The 

 Victoria Inn was the Club's hostel on this occasion. 



After breakfast, the members filed off towards the castle. 



