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March 18, at "Watford.—Notes on the Musci, with an outline of a Hertford¬ 
shire Moss-Flora ; by Arthur E. Gibbs. 
- Notes on Lepidoptera observed in the neighbourhood of Sand- 
ridge, Herts ; by A. F. Griffith, M.A. 
- Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1883 ; by John E. Littleboy. 
April 15, at Watford.—List of Flowering Plants observed in Hertfordshire 
during the year 1883 ; by Ada Selby. 
- Report on Insects observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1883 ; 
by F. W. Silvester, F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Notes on some Scolecida ; by Alfred T. Brett, M.D. 
- On the Poisonous Effects of the Common Yew ; by Alfred T. 
Brett, M.D. 
- 24, at Hertford.—Meteorological Observations taken at Throcking, 
Buntingford, during the year 1883; by the Rev. C. W. 
Harvey, M.A., F.R.Met.Soc. 
•—— Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in 1883 ; by the Rev. 
C. W. Harvey, M.A., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- On Instinct; by F. Maule Campbell, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.M.S, 
Nov. 18, at Watford.—Our Serpent-foes in India ; by Sir Joseph Fayrer, 
M.D., K.C.S.I., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. 
Dec. 11, at Hitchin.—On Spiders; by F. Maule Campbell, F.L.S., 
F.Z.S., F.R.M.S. 
- 16, at Watford.— The Acclimatization of Food Fishes; by W. 
Oldham Chambers, F.L.S. 
The Society is greatly indebted to your Yice-President, Dr. John 
Evans, E.R.S., for his kindness in taking the chair and delivering an 
address at the Anniversary Meeting, in the unavoidable absence of 
your President, Earl Cowper, K.G. 
The following Eield Meetings were held during the year 1884 :—• 
April 19.—-Park Street and Frogmore. 
May 31.—Rickmansworth Common Moor and Moor Park. 
June 7.—Aldbury Owers, Tring. 
- 21.—Leavesden Woods, Watford. 
July 12.—Radlett and Battler’s Green. 
- 17.—Widford. 
Nov. 1.—Yerulam Woods and Gorhambury Park, St. Albans. 
The meeting on the 12th of July was held in conjunction with 
the Geologists’ Association. The meeting on the 1st of November 
was the third annual Cryptogamic Meeting, and on this occasion 
■ the members had the advantage of the presence of Dr. Braithwaite, 
E.L.S., Dr. M. C. Cooke, A.L.S., and Mr. Worthington G. Smith, 
E.L.S. 
Eor hospitality kindly afforded at the Eield Meetings the Society 
is indebted to Mr. Hooper at the Watford, Mr. Croft at the Widford, 
and Mr. Purrott at the St. Albans meeting. 
In addition to the Eield Meetings, a visit was paid on the 3rd of 
May to the Natural History Department of the British Museum, 
South Kensington, where the members had the advantage of the 
most interesting and instructive remarks of Dr. Gunther, F.R.S., 
on the Mammalia, and Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on the birds, to 
both of whom a hearty vote of thanks was accorded by the members 
present. 
On Wednesday, the 8th of October, a conversazione was given at 
the Public Library, by the Chairman, Mr. Weall, at which a room 
