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PROCEEDIN'G S OE THE 
The following papers and lectures have been read or delivered 
during the year :— 
Jan. 18, at Watford.—On Fish and Fish - culture ; hy W. Oldham 
Chambers, F.L.S. 
Feb. 15, at Watford.—Anniversary Address; by the President, Professor 
Attfield, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.I.C., F.C.S. 
- 24, at Hertford.—Observations on Diatomacese from the neighbour¬ 
hood of Hertford ; by Isaac Robinson. 
March 22, at Watford.—Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during 
the year 1886 ; by J. E. Littleboy. 
- 31, at Hertford.—On some Points in the Anatomy of the Honey¬ 
bee; by R. T. Andrews. 
April 19, at Watford.—Meteorological Observations taken at Wansford 
House, Watford, during the year 1886 ; by John Hopkinson, 
F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertfordshire 
during the year 1886 ; by John Hopkinson. 
- A Naturalist’s Calendar for the Northern Border of Hertford¬ 
shire ; by H. George Fordham, F.G.S. 
- List of Flowering Plants observed in Hertfordshire during the 
year 1886 ; by Ada Selby. 
- Report on Insects observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1886 ; by F. W. Silvester, F.R.Met.Soc. 
May 9, at St. Albans.—Earthquakes and their Relation to Yolcanic 
Phenomena; by F. W. Rudler, F.G.S., M.A.I. 
- 10, at Hertford.—The Hessian Fly; by the President, F. M. 
Campbell, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., F.E.S. 
Nov. 3, at Hoddesdon.—Meteorological Observations taken at Watford 
during the year 1887 (an appendix to previous reports) ; by 
John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Meteorological Observations taken at Throcking, Herts, 
during the year 1886 ; by the Rev. C. W. Harvey, M.A., 
F.R.Met.Soc. 
•- Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in 1886 ; by the Rev. 
C. W. Harvey. 
- On Walckenaera interjecta , a new Spider from Hoddesdon ; by 
the Rev. 0. P. Cambridge, M.A., F.R.S. 
- 15, at Watford.—The Anthropoid Apes, in Relation to the Doctrine 
of Evolution ; by Arthur Nicols, F.G.S., F.R.G.S. 
Dec. 13, at Hertford.—Wild Plants, their Attributes and Names; by 
F. G. Lloyd, Hon. Sec. 
The following Field Meetings were held during the year:— 
April 16.—Springfield, St. Albans. 
May 14.—Watford and Bushey. 
June 4.—Rickmansworth. 
- 11.—Berkhamsted, Ashridge, and Aldbury. 
- 18.—St. Albans. 
Oct. 13.—Broxbourne. 
The Society visited the Zoological Gardens on May 28th, and is 
indebted to Mr. F. E. Beddard and Mr. Arthur Stradling, C.M.Z.S., 
for demonstrations. The meeting at Bickmansworth was held in 
conjunction with the Geologists’ Association; that at Broxbourne 
was the annual Fungus Foray and Cryptogamic Meeting. 
The Society is indebted, for hospitality kindly accorded at the 
Field Meetings, to Mr. S. Monckton White, at Springfield, St. 
Albans; to Mr. B. Attenborough, at Bushey; to Dr. Brett, at the 
