Sept. ,1892. midland union of natural history societies. 199 
to £7 2s. 9d. The favourable balance is in large measure 
due to the regrettable fact that the Darwin medal has not 
been awarded for two or three years. 
•/ 
THE DARWIN MEDAL. 
The Darwin medal for this year ought to have been 
awarded for papers containing original work in the subject of 
Botany, and published in the “ Midland Naturalist ” during 
the last three years. But your Committee regret having to 
report that no completed paper or papers on Botanical 
subjects of a character to warrant the bestowal of the medal 
have appeared in the “Naturalist” during the past three 
years. 
The subject for next year’s award is that of Geology. 
THE “ MIDLAND NATURALIST.” 
The following is a list of the principal papers published 
in the “ Naturalist” during the past year :— 
“ Dragons of the Prime,” by A. Bernard Badger, B.A. 
“ Burma and its People,” by A. W. Wills. 
“ History of the County Botanv of Worcester,” by Wm. Mathews, 
M.A. 
“The Fungi of Warwickshire,” by W. B. Grove, M.A., and 
J. E. Bagnall, A.L. S. 
“ Notes on Some Ores from the Barrier Ranges, New South 
Wales,” by T. H. Waller, B.A., B.Sc. 
“ Sir Roderick Murchison as King of Siluria,” by J. Rabone. 
“ The Geology of the Dudley District,” by Professor Lapwortli, 
F.R.S. 
“ Notes at the British Association, Cardiff, 1891,” by C. J. 
Watson. 
“ On Specimens from the Permian Breccia of Leicestershire, 
Collected bv W. S. Greslev, F.G. S.,” bv Professor T. G. 
Bonney, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., Y.P.G.S. 
“ Natural History Jottings in Natal,” by Arthur Hunt. 
“ Notes from a Winter Journal, 1890-91,” by O. Y. Aplin. 
“ Decay in Nature,” by Charles Callaway, D.Sc., M.A. 
“Fighting the Dry Rot,” by W. B. Grove, M.A. 
“ Note on the Severn Bore,” by W. R. Hughes, F.L.S. 
“ The First Ascent of the Orsefa Jokull,” by Fredk. W. W. 
Howell, F.R.G.S. 
“ Notes in an Old Herbal,” by G. C. Druce, M.A. 
“A Week in North Wales,” by T. H. Waller, B.A., B.Sc. 
“ On the Ice Ages, Past and Future, and their Causes,” by W. P. 
Marshall. 
“ The Botany of Biddulph and the Neighbouring Parts of North 
Staffordshire,” by the Rev. W. H. Painter. 
“ The Naturalist in La Plata,” by E. W'. Badger, F.R.H.S. 
“ Notes on the Flora of Warwickshire,” by J. E. Bagnall, A.L. S. 
“ The Happy Fungus Hunter,” by W. B. Grove, M.A. 
“ The Origin and Objects of Colours and Coloration in Animals,” 
by A. Bernard Badger, B.A. 
“ The Cultivation of Orchids,” by E. A. Bevers.” 
The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks passed to 
the Council.—On the motion of the Chairman, the Treasurer’s 
report was passed. 
