3 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
COTTESWOLD NATURALISTS’ FIELD CLUB 
AT THE 
SEVENTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
JANUARY 15TH, 1918 
W. ST. CLAIR BADDELEY, President, 
IN THE CHAIR 
The Minutes of the Sixty-ninth Annual Meeting, held on Tuesday, 
January 16th, 1917, were read and confirmed. 
The Hon. Secretary reported that the number of Members was 109. 
Four had died during the year, viz. Rev. Walter Butt, Archdeacon Scobell, 
Major Wenden, and Mr. J. W. Skinner. Mention of these Members has been 
made in the Proceedings. The Council regretted the resignation of five 
Members, the Rev. H. H. Winwood (Vice-President), Mr. W. Crooke 
(Vice-President), Mr. W. Thompson, Mr. S. J. Coley, and Mr. S. S. Marling. Mr. 
Winwood was one of the oldest Members, having been elected in 1876, and 
rendered valued services to the Club. Until recently he had been a regular 
attendant at the Meetings, in which he always took an active part. He 
contributed several papers to the Proceedings, and his resignation, due to 
ill-health and consequent inability to travel, is a great loss to the Club. 
Six Members were elected during the year. 
Three ordinary Winter Meetings were held and five Excursions arranged, 
all of which were fully reported in the Proceedings (xix., pt. 3). 
The Hon. Treasurer presented his financial statement for 1917, which 
showed a balance carried forward of £5 is. 4d. 
Mr. F. H. Bretherton was voted to the chair for the purpose of the 
election of the President, and upon his proposition it was agreed to suspend 
Rule 9 so far as it related to the period during which the office of President 
