332 
PRESIDENT S ADDRESS. 
by him at Lynn, and Mr. J. H. Gurney read a paper on “ The 
Southern Grey Shrike.” 
27th November, Mr. Henry Laver, F.S.A., sent a note 
recording the discovery, amongst the rubbish of a Roman 
villa recently excavated at Grimston, of Shells of the Apple 
Snail ( Helix pomatia), and a paper on “ The Poison of the 
Weever-fish ” by Dr. H. Muir Evans was read. Mr. J. O. 
Borley. M.A., described the poison-apparatus of the Weever- 
fish. 
27th January, 1907, Mr. T. Southwell, F.Z.S., contributed 
• a paper on “ Some Old-Time Norfolk Botanists.” Mr. 
W. G. Clarke read “ Notes on the Natural History of the 
Thetford District,” and a paper on “ The Distribution of 
Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk.” A series of 
fifteen lantern slides were shown on the screen, illustrating 
the nesting habits of the Great Crested Grebe and the Coot. 
The photographs were taken by Miss E. L. Turner, and were 
so much admired, that two or three members, including 
Mr. Gurney, Mr. J. H. Gurney, and Mr. Southwell, have 
offered to subscribe towards the reproduction of several 
of them in the forth-coming part of the Transactions. 
Dr. S. H. Long exhibited some interesting specimens of the 
Black Rat, and read some “ Winter and Wild Bird Notes ” 
made by Mr. A. Patterson. Your President brought to the 
meeting a core of Flint, from Sennowe, with the flakes which 
had been regularly chipped off, all round, and Mr. Colman sent 
specimens of Neolithic implements found at Crown Point. 
On February 26th, Mr. F. C. Hinde made some remarks 
on the objects of the recently-formed Museum Society. 
Mr. F. Balfour Browne read a paper on “ The Life-history of 
the Dragon-Fly,” illustrated by lantern slides. Papers on 
“ The Crustacea of East Norfolk Rivers,” by Mr. Robert 
Gurney, and “ Meteorological Notes for 1906,” by Mr. A. W. 
Preston, F.R.Met. S., were brought before the meeting. A few 
remarks were made on the loss the Society would sustain bj' 
