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MEETING OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 
“ Midland Naturalist .”—Six volumes of this magazine have now 
appeared. The principal articles published since the last report are : 
“ The Flora of Warwickshire ” (continued), by J. E. Bagnall; 
“Sociology,” by W. R. Hughes; “Bats of Oxon,” by F. Norton; 
“ Fungi of Birmingham,” by W. B. Grove; “ Marine Zoology at 
Oban,” by W. R. Hughes; “Holes in the Sand,” by F. Enock; 
“ Rhaetics of Nottingham,” by E. Wilson;' “ Summer Migrants,” by 
O. Y. Aplin ; “ Mycological Notes,” by W. B. Grove ; “ The Felspars,” 
by T. H. Waller ; “ Buckland and the Glacial Theory,” by H. B. 
Woodward ; “ Glacial Markings in the Red Marl,” by A. H. Atkins ; 
“Cremation,” by W. H. France ; “ Flora of Hants,” by G. C. Druce; 
“Biological Analogies,” by M. C. Cooke; “ Echinoderms,” by Dr. 
Wright; “Ice-grooved Boulders,” by W. J. Harrison; “Animal-lore 
of Shakespeare’s Time,” by E. W. Badger; “ Comparative Anatomy 
of Teeth,” by H. Blandy ; “ Principles of Biology,” by Dr. A. Hill; 
“ Marine Algae,” by Rev. H. Boyden ; “ Syenites of South Leicester¬ 
shire,” by W. J. Harrison; “ Speculations on Protoplasm,” by W. B. 
Grove ; “ The Recent Sunsets and Sunrises,” by W. P. Marshall, 
M.I.C.E.; “ Intercellular Relations of Protoplasts,” by Professor W. 
Hillhouse; “ Terns of the Fame Isles,” by R. W. Chase ; “ Note on 
Lingula Lesueuri,” by Tlios. Davidson ; “ The Kimberley Diamond 
Mine,” by W. P. Marshall; “ The Heron,” by T. V. Hodgson ; “ Basalt 
of Rowley Regis,” by C. Beale; “ Pilobolida” by W. B. Grove; 
“Conglomerates of Charnwood,” by H. E. Quilter; “Weighing the 
Earth with a Chemical Balance,” by W. J. Harrison, etc., etc., together 
with the valuable Presidential Address, full of local information, 
delivered by Mr. Egbert de Hamel at the Annual Meeting at Tam worth. 
Many local notes, reviews, gleanings, and correspondence have also 
appeared. In the preparation of the monthly meteorological notes 
Mr. Clement L. Wragge has been succeeded by Mr. W. Berridge, 
F. R.Met.Soc., of Loughborough, an excellent and painstaking observer. 
The editors, Messrs. E. W. Badger and W. J. Harrison, have spared 
no pains to maintain the character of the magazine for scientific 
accuracy. 
Societies belonging to the Union. —During the past year the Nottingham 
G. R. S. Naturalists’ Society has amalgamated with the Nottingham 
Naturalists’ Society, a change which has been a mutual benefit. The 
Council regret to have received notice of withdrawal from the Union 
from the Burton-on-Trent Natural History and Archaeological Society, 
but they trust that the severance may only be a temporary one. 
The following is the list of Societies which now form the Midland 
Union:— 
Bedfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club. 
Birmingham Microscopists’ and Naturalists’ Union. 
Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society. 
Birmingham Philosophical Society. 
Birmingham and Midland Institute Scientific Society. 
Birmingham School Natural History Society. 
Burton-on-Trent Natural History and Archaeological Society. 
Caradoc Field Club. 
Derbyshire Naturalists’ Society. 
Dudley and Midland Geological and Scientific Society and Field 
Club. 
Evesham Field Naturalists’ Club. 
Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. 
Northamptonshire Natural History Society. 
