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Of the Afternoon Walks, C. J. Woodward conducted one 
to Moseley, Sept. 2nd, and to Pouk Hill Quarry, Sept. 3rd ; 
J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S. (Vice-President, 1884-5), to Sutton 
Park, Sept. 6tli; Prof. Lapworth, to the Lower Lickey Hills, 
Sept. 6tli. 
The Excursions : Aid. J. B. Stone and J. E. Bagnall, one 
to Sutton Coldfield; E. de Hamel, to Tam worth; W. B. 
Hughes, to Stratford-on-Avon; E. W. Badger (President, 
1881), to Lichfield, Lapworth, Hartshill; all these on Satur¬ 
day, Sept. 4tli. W. B. Hughes, to Bedditch and Broms- 
grove; Prof. Lapworth, to Clmrcli Stretton, on Thursday, 
Sept. 9th. 
The “Handbook of Birmingham,” issued in connection 
with the meeting, was largely contributed to by our members. 
Part II., Chap. VIII., C. J. Woodward, the article on 
“ Manufacturing Industries of Modern Birmingham.” 
Part III., “Geology and Physiography,” was edited by 
Prof. Lapworth, who also wrote the introduction, and that part 
referring to the Palasozoic Bocks; Bev. P. B. Brodie, the 
Liassic and Bluetic Bocks; Bev. H. W. Crosskey, the Glacial 
and Post-Tertiary Deposits; Petrography, by S. Allport, 
F.G.S. (President, 1868); C. J. Woodward, the Minerals of 
the Birmingham District. 
Part IV., “ Zoology,” was edited and introduced by W. B. 
Hughes; E. de Hamel wrote Chap. I., on the Mammals and 
Beptiles; B. W. Chase, Chap. II., the Birds; G. Sherriff 
Tye (Vice-President, 1877), Chap. III., Fishes and Mollusca; 
and T. Bolton, Chap. V., Microscopic Fauna. 
Part V., “ Botany,” edited and introduced by W. Mathews ; 
J. E. Bagnall contributed Chap. I., the Flowering Plants, 
Ferns, &c.; and Chap. II., the Mosses, Hepatics, and 
Lichens; A. W. Wills, Chap. III., the Algae ; W. B. Grove, 
Chap. IV., the Fungi. 
These contributions as a whole amount to nearly one- 
half of the “ Handbook.” 
It may be interesting to note that a paragraph in Mr. de 
Hamel’s account of the Mammalia of the Birmingham 
district, in the “ Handbook of Birmingham” (p. 272), has 
caused the formation by the Association of a committee of 
seven members, of whom four are members of this society, 
to prepare a report on the Herds of Wild Cattle in Cliartley 
Park and other Parks in Great Britain. Of this committee 
Mr. Hughes is secretary. 
In the work of the committees of the Association, 
appointed or reappointed this year for the investigation of 
special points, the members of this society naturally take 
