52 
Mar., 1889. 
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY’S REPORT. 
April 10th.—“Notes upon Birds which have become extinct, and 
those species which are likely to become so in Great Britain,” 
by Mr. R. W. Chase. 
May 8th.—“Notes on the Flora of Settle” (Illustrated), by Rev. 
W. Hunt Painter. 
June 12th. — “Notes on some Plants of the Rhine Land,” by Mr. 
W. B. Grove, M.A. 
October 9th.—“ Notes on Norway Plants recently collected by 
Messrs. W. P. Marshall and C. Pumphrey,” Illustrated. 
November 13th.—“ Notes on the Corvidae (Jackdaw, Raven, <fcc.)” 
(Illustrated), by Mr. R. W. Chase. 
December 11th.—“The Salmon Fungus, ‘Saprolegnia,’” (Illustrated), 
by Mr. W. B. Grove, M.A. 
Geological Section (President, T. H. Waller, B. A., B.Sc.; 
Secretary, John Udall, F.G.S.).—Eleven meetings of this 
section have been held during the year, and have been well 
attended, giving an average attendance of twenty-one per 
meeting. The section is specially indebted to Mr. Waller for 
several valuable papers; to Professor Lapwortli for a special 
paper on “ The Bed Bocks of the Birmingham District,” and 
for his kindness in conducting an excursion of the section 
from Halesowen Station to the Clent Hills ; and to Mr. C. 
Pumphrey for his assistance on several occasions in illustrat¬ 
ing papers with his oxy-liydrogen lantern. 
An interesting feature of the year’s work was the invitation 
of the Yesey Club (Sutton) to one of the sectional meetings; 
this meeting was attended by Mr. J. B. Stone, Mayor of 
Sutton and Vice-President of the Vesey Club, and many of its 
members. A cordial invitation was given by the Yesey Club 
to the Geological Section to attend one of the Sutton Vesey 
Club meetings ; such interchanges of courtesies are likely to 
bring forth much lasting good. 
The following papers have been read at the meetings:— 
Januarv 17th. — “ Notes on Serpentine Rocks,” by Mr. T. H. Waller, 
B.A., B.Sc. 
February 21st.—“Holiday Tours in Wales, &c.” (illustrated by 
lantern photographs), by Mr. C. J. Watson. 
March 20tli.—“ Holiday Tours in Switzerland and Germany,” 
(illustrated by lantern photographs), by Mr. C. Pumphrey. 
April 17th.—“ Method of Separating Minerals by Heavy Solutions,” 
by Mr. T. H. Waller, B.A., B.Sc. 
June 19th.—“ The Red Rocks of the Birmingham District,” by 
Professor Lapworth, LL.D., F.G.S., F.R.S. 
October 16th.—On “Rock Specimens recently brought from Norway 
by Mr. C. Pumphrey,” by Mr. T. H. Waller, B.A., B.Sc. 
November 20th.—On “ The Bath Oolite, and the Method of Quarry¬ 
ing,” by Mr. A. Browett. 
December 18th. — “Noteon a Lithia-bearingGranite,” by Mr. T. H. 
Waller, B.A., B.Sc. 
Sociological Section (President, W. B. Hughes, F.L.S. ; 
Secretary, Herbert Stone).—A total of twenty-six meetings 
