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Aug., 1891. 
620. C rugosa, Bull. C. coralloides, var. 2, elegans, Part. 
October. On a hedge bank at Salford, and at Dunning- 
ton; in a sandy soil, Purt. iii. 269. Combe Woods, 
Adams. Trickley Coppice. 
621. C. Kunzei, Fr. Woods. Rare. August. Lodge Wood, 
Warwick, Perceval. 
622. C. fusiformis, Sow. Woods. October. On an elm at Sam- 
boiirn, Purt. ii. 698. Kenilworth, Russell , Illustr. 
Hopsford, Adams. 
623. C. insequalis, FI. Dan. October. Combe Ridings, 
Adams. Sutton Park. The var. aurantiaca , Pers., in 
Sutton Park and on Coleshill Heath. 
(To be continued.) 
Reports of Sorietim 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Biological Section. July 14tli. Mr. R. W. Chase in the 
chair. Mr. A. J. Parker exhibited a nest of marsh-tit (Panis 
palustris), built in a branch of a birch tree, and a nest of tom-tit 
(Parus ccemleus J, built in a box, the birds having forsaken it after 
laying one egg. Mr. Steele Elliott exhibited a nest of hawfinch 
(Loxia coccothraustes) with a clutch of four eggs, from Sutton Park; 
a nest of missel thrush (Turdus viscivorus), with eggs, also from 
Sutton Park, the foundation of nest being built with strips of 
paper. A clutch of eggs of magpie (Corvus pica), amongst which a 
kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) had also placed an egg, from Bedfordshire. 
A photograph of a couple of young peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) 
from Donegall, and a stuffed pair of stormy petrels (Procellaria 
pelagica), also from Donegall. Mr. T. Y. Hodgson exhibited a mole 
cricket from Lucerne, and a photograph of nests of four species of birds. 
OXFORD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.—On July 9th, an 
excursion was made to Watlington and neighbourhood by ten mem¬ 
bers of the above society. They left Oxford by the 8-25 train, and were 
joined at Princes Risborough by some friends from the neighbourhood. 
Mr. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., gave a short address on the geology of the 
district, in which, with the help of a geological map, he clearly 
explained the arrangement of the successive strata, the overlapping of 
the greensand by the chalk, and the significance of the chalk “outliers.” 
At Aston Rowant Station, the party was met by the Rev. J. W. B. Bell, 
of Pyrton Vicarage, and various members of the Chiltern Society of 
Naturalists. Beacon Hill (access to which was granted for the 
occasion) was explored, and several interesting specimens of the flora 
of the chalk country were observed, notably—the Orchis conopsea, two 
species of Epipactis, a rare species of Rubus, the Pyrola minor, or winter 
green, and the Veronica montana , chiefly near the old Saxon road, 
called Icknield Way. After having visited Shirburn Castle, the 
company were entertained at Pyrton Vicarage, by Mr. and Mrs. Bell, 
and returned to Oxford by the 5-45 p.m. train. 
