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IN SHERWOOD FOREST. 
Mar., 1889. 
The section has suffered much loss from the absence of 
Mr. F. J. Cullis, who resigned the position of secretary on 
September 25th ; also from the resignation of Dr. Hiepe, who 
has left the district permanently. 
The Library .—The librarian (J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S.) 
reports that the Library is in a good condition. The issue of 
books during the past year has been as follows:—Botany, 30; 
Zoology, 5 ; Entomology, 6 ; Geology, 13 ; Microscopy, 13 ; 
Philosophy and General, 32 ; total 99, being 82 less than 
last year. The number of persons borrowing books during 
the year has been 26, as against 38 in the previous year. 
General Property .—The Curators (G. M. Iliff and Herbert 
Miller) report that the microscopes and apparatus continue in 
good order, an improvement having been effected during the 
year in the “Collins’ microscopes” by the removal of the 
side shields of the eye-pieces. A number of microscopic 
slides of vegetable sections have been presented to the cabinet 
by Mr. C. J. Watson. 
IN SHERWOOD FOREST. 
BY OLIVER V. APLIN, 
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 
The three species of the genus Phylloscopus, aptly termed 
“ leaf-warblers,” which are annual summer visitors to 
England, differ very considerably in their distribution in this 
country. For while the Willow Wren is diffused throughout 
the length and breadth of the land, becoming only slightly 
less abundant in the west, and the Cliiffchaff is widely spread 
over all but the northern counties, the range of the Wood Wren 
is far more restricted, and this species can only be character¬ 
ised as local in a high degree. In nowise a southern bird, it 
is indeed reported as abundant in the five counties which 
form the north of England, while the forest districts and the 
more wooded parts of the country, as far as the south coast, 
also afford it a home. 
One thing is a sine qua non in the character of a country 
side, if the presence of the Wood Wren is to be insured, viz., 
a more or less wide extent of woods ; and, in my experience, 
those consisting chiefly of oak are preferred. In such 
