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new found examples meet with as faithful and indefatigable a 
registrar, as Mr. Johnson has shewn himself to be. 
To Mr. Stevenson, we are indebted for a continuation of those 
valuable ornithological notes, which have in former years added so 
much of value to our reports : these and the meteorological tables 
by Mr. J. Quinton, junr., have formed annual features in our Trans 
actions, and contain facts of more than passing interest. Fortunate 
for science would it have been, had such records been bequeathed to 
us by the observers of past generations. The occasional notes con- 
tain memoranda which we trust will also be found worthy of record. 
There remains but one paper to bo noticed, which is Mr. 
F. Kitton’s list of Diatomacece : a continuation of the Fauna and 
Flora of Norfolk, and the seventh portion of that subject. Minute 
as these organisms may be, that they perform important duties in 
the economy of nature is beyond a doubt ; but in the inquiry what 
those duties may be, and how they are performed, it will certainly 
be essential, that our views be founded on correct observations. 
That the work is in (he hands of Mr. Kitton, is a guarantee that 
the information conveyed on the Diatomacece , is fully up to the 
most advanced standard of microscopical research. 
An excursion made on June the 13th, by the Society, to 
Pedham, Ilemblington, and Blofield, by the kind permission of Mrs. 
Burroughes, under the leadership of Mr. 11. P. Burcham, resulted in 
the discovery of a fresh locality for Pyroht minor. Ferns in great 
luxuriance skirt the upper portions of the ornamental water, to 
retain which, the dam is maintained. L>xstrcea spinulosa is abun- 
dant there, and also Carex jtseudo-cyperus and Luzula campestris , 
var. compact a ; Polygonum ampttibium finds a congenial habitat in 
the quiet lake, and as a thing of beauty, is well worthy of the 
pencil of the artist. In the coach house hung several nets used for 
dragging the lake; and in a fold of these, a wren had built, and had 
just reared her brood at the time of our visit. After a drive round 
by Ilemblington Church, and tea at Blofield, we returned home 
much pleased with our trip. 
On July the 11th, the Society by invitation from Rev. J. A. 
Laurence, who most hospitably entertained us, made their next 
