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late as July 10th, as I thought for the last time this season. 

 But a Wryneck was calling several times at one spot on 

 August 19th and from that date on, either a friend or myself 

 heard the bird nearly every day up to September 10th at 

 which date it ceased calling. Localities : trees at the top 

 of Fort Road aud Colborne Road, Hubits and Bon Air." 

 The ornithological editor suggests the bird heard so late 

 was the Green Woodpecker, which has a very similar cry, 

 but though Mr. Rowswell did not see the bird, he believes 

 his identification from the cry alone sufficient. This Wood- 

 pecker has been seen and shot in this district of St. Martin's. 

 Mr. Rowswell also contributed some notes on the hail shower 

 of November 15th, which will appear in the Transactions. 



Mr. A. Collenette then showed a large number of bronze 

 implements which were in 1833 dug up on Longy Common 

 and bequeathed to the museum by the late Mr. Graudion. 



An interesting discussion ensued as to the Roman occupa- 

 tion of the different islands. A beautiful iron dagger dug up in 

 the Castel churchyard was shown ; it was lent by Mr. Lukis. 



On Saturday, November 30th, Mr. J. J. Carey brought 

 word into town that a cist or stone-lined grave had been 

 found by men working in a quarry on the hill near Richmond 

 and Perelle Bay. Mr. Collenette organised a special excur- 

 sion of members, who on Thursday, Dec. 5th, proceeded to 

 the spot guided by Mr. J.. Carey. The disappointment was 

 great to find that the cist had been entirely broken up. The 

 owner had promised Mr. Carey to preserve it for exploration 

 by the members, but his son, prompted probably by the idea 

 that he would discover hidden treasures, opened the place, 

 taking up the stones and placing them a few yards off. The 

 stones were smaller in size than those usually employed for 

 this purpose. The smooth or smoothened surfaces were 

 turned inward, the irregular surfaces outward. The stones 

 were let into the earth around, so that the outline of the 

 enclosure could still be traced ; the space was about 7ft. long 

 and 20in. broad and 6 or 8in. below the surface. According 

 to the workmen, nothing was found within the cist except fine 

 earth which may have percolated through spaces between the 

 covering stones, neither bones, sword, beads or pottery, and 

 the search made by the members bore no results. 



The burial would probably be of a comparatively late 

 period, i.e. 9 of the iron age, and similar to one found about 

 20 years ago on the property of Mr. Duquemin, Cobo, near 

 St. Matthew's Church. Mr. Carey states that three such 

 graves have been found on the same hill. 



