436 MISS E. L. TURNER ON THE RETURN OF THE BITTERN. 
was not properly “regurgitated” food he promptly rejected it. 
On July 17th five of us hunted through and through the 
reed-bed in search of the nest itself, the actual finder in this 
instance being Rev. M. C. H. Bird. The nest was scarcely 
a dozen yards away from the spot where Vincent had first dis- 
covered the young Bittern. It was composed of broken reed 
stalks, and measured fourteen inches across the top, though 
much wider at the water’s edge ; but no doubt it had been 
considerably reduced and trampled down by the nestlings, 
for, judging from the inch-deep debris of discarded feather- 
sheaths, more than one inmate had been successfully reared. 
In addition, the nest contained bits of down, two or three 
small striped feathers, and a few fish-scales. 
XIII. 
NOTES ON THE 28 SPECIES OF EAST ANGLIAN 
PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED IN REVIEW 
IN THE TRANSACTIONS FROM Vol. 6 to Vol. 8, 
1899—1909. 
By Arthur Bennett, A.L.S. 
Read 30th April , 1912. 
These notes comprise various particulars, corrections, &c., 
that have been kindly sent me by correspondents when 
commenting on the various species, and also such additional 
matter as I have been able to get together since 1899. 
I am by no means satisfied with the result ; as it shows, 
how little we really know of the history of the majority of 
these species ; many being very rare are simply enumerated 
in Flora after Flora without a scrap of additional information, 
and I have waded through Brit. Floras until I have been 
quite disappointed with the little I could cull from them. In 
