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MIDLAND UNION OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 
Hudson ; “ Breeding of the Grebe,” by O. V. Aplin ; “ Nomad Fungi,” 
by W. B. Grove; “Underground Fungi,” by M. J. Berkeley; “A 
Visit to Glen Clova and Callater,” by G. Claridge Druce ; “Geology 
of Wyre Forest,” by A, H. Atkins; “Ben Nevis in Mid-winter,” 
by C. L. Wragge; “Truffles in Shropshire,” by W. Phillips; 
“Dredging at Oban,” by J. F. Goode and W. P. Marshall; 
“Migratory Birds in North Oxfordshire,” by O. V. Aplin; 
“Hedgerows of Leicestershire,” by F. T. Mott; “Fertilisation of 
Saxifrages,” by J. G. Ogle ; “ Drift of Leen Valley,” by J. Shipman ; 
Arum maculatum," by B. Rogers; “Ornithological Notes from 
Leicestershire,” by T, Macaulay; “On Pen Pits,” by H. B. Woodward; 
“Northampton Sand of North Oxon,” by E. A. Walford; “British 
Trap-door Spider,” by F. Enock; “ Sociology,” by W. R. Hughes; 
“ An improved System of Arrangement in Provincial Museums,” 
by F. T. Mott; and Lychnis Flos-cuculi,'^ by R, Rogers. In 
addition, a large number of notes, gleanings, correspondence, and 
reviews have appeared ; a monthly table (involving much expense in 
its preparation) of meteorological observations from more than sixty 
stations has been printed, and the general high character of the 
Magazine for correctness and care in printing has been maintained. 
Year after year complaint has been made, in the Report, of the scanty 
support received by the “ Midland Naturalist” from the members of 
the Union, whose organ it is. The falling off in subscribers has been 
such that the publishers have given notice to the Council that it is 
their intention to terminate the agreement under which they now 
publish the Magazine at the end of the present year. As some remedy 
for this state of things the Council has made a grant of Ten Guineas 
to the funds of the Magazine, and earnestly calls upon every member 
of the Union to render to the periodical a hearty support. 
A cordial invitation from the Peterborough Natural History and 
Scientific Society has been received, inviting the Union to hold its 
Annual Meeting at Peterborough in June, 1884 ; and your Council 
recommend the acceptance of this kind invitation. The district will 
be, to most of the members, a new and doubtless a most interesting 
one, while the energy and ability which have been displayed in the 
management of the local Society place the success of the meeting 
beyond a doubt. For the meeting of 1885 a movement is taking place 
among our Societies in the west, which it is to be hoped will result in 
their uniting to invite the Union to visit some western town in that 
year, while from Bedford and Oxford invitations will probably come 
for either that year or the next. 
Your General Hon. Secretary—Mr. W. Jerome Harrison, F.G.S.—- 
has served the Union in that capacity for the greater part of the time 
which has elapsed since its formation, while he has acted continuously 
as one of the editors of “The Midland Naturalist” for the same 
period. At the earnest request of the Council, Mr. Harrison has con¬ 
sented to continue to serve the Union for another year, Mr. T. H. 
Waller, B.A., B.Sc., of Birmingham, becoming his coadjutor. In 
recognition of his work, your Council has elected Mr. Harrison Vice- 
President of the Union. 
The Local Secretaries for the coming year will be Messrs. J. W. 
Bodger and W. Mathews, C.E., of Peterborough, gentlemen who are 
well known to many of those who regularly attend the Annual Meetings 
as earnest supporters of the Union. In conclusion, the Council desire 
to thank the members of the Tamworth Society for the admirable 
arrangements which they have made for the success of the present 
