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THE ESSEX NATURALIST. 
Mr. Glegg reported that 32 birds had been recorded, of which 11 were 
migrants ; his list included Nightingale, Blackcap, Redstart, Whitethroat, 
Lesser Whitethroat, Martin, Swift, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, and 
Heron. 
Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Hugh Main reported that insects were scarce, 
no doubt owing to the cold wet weather which was experienced throughout 
April. Mr. Main called attention to the stridulating powers possessed by 
the Common Dor Beetle and its larvae; and demonstrated same by speci¬ 
mens which he had captured that afternoon. 
Mr. Paulson said that some 36 species of plants had been noted during 
the ramble actually in flower. The rarest form met with was Cerastium 
arvense ; some specimens of Arum maculatum were exhibited which well 
deserved their specific name, since not only the small leaves but also 
'the inner surface of the spathes were beautifully maculated with purple. 
Mr. Paulson added that a noteworthy find was the lichen, Chcenotheca 
melanophcea, var. flavocitrina, found that afternoon on an oak trunk in the 
Forest, which had heretofore only been recorded from Herts and on a 
single tree in Epping Forest. Mr. Percy Thompson called the attention 
-of those present to the fact that this rare lichen had been made known to 
science in 1917 by the President himself, and that nobody but he seemed 
able to find new stations for it. 
Votes of thanks were cordially passed to the several conductors and to 
Keeper Jones for their services, and the visitors then made their way back 
to Grange Hill station for their homeward trains. 
VISIT TO DANBURY AND LITTLE BADDOW (517th 
MEETING). 
Saturday, 29TH May, 1920. 
This meeting was held in response to a kind invitation from our members, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Briscoe, to visit them at “ The Hoppet,” Little Baddow, 
the opportunity being taken to explore, chiefly from a botanical point of 
view, the beautiful series of commons and woodlands of the Danbury 
district. The Conductors were Mr. Briscoe, the President (Mr. R. Paulson), 
the Hon. Secretary (Mr. Percy Thompson), and Mr. F. W. Thorrington. 
Some thirty members assembled at Chelmsford Railway Station at 
10 o’clock, when a private motor omnibus was in attendance to convey 
the party to Danbury. 
On arrival at Danbury the church was first visited. The present 
building dates from the i/|th century and contains three of the eight wooden 
•effigies which the county possesses; they are probably memorials to members 
of the St. Clere family. The wooden roof of the northern aisle is an inter¬ 
esting piece of early 15th century work, and has upon it carved wooden 
bosses, which seein to be portraits of Richard II. and Henry IV. and 
their wives. 
The party walked past the remains of the Old Danish Camp on to 
Danbury Common; from the Camp a magnificent view southwards, over 
the valley of the Crouch to the Rayleigh hills, was enjoyed. 
From Danbury Common, by footpaths and bye lanes, Woodham Walter 
