HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
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Ordinary Meeting, 24th February, 1887, at Hertford. 
Henry Gilbertson, Esq., in the Chair. 
Mr. Henry S. Allen, 42, High Street, Watford; Mr. E. Andre, 
Melrose, Bushey Grove, Watford; Mr. J. B. Scott, F.B.G.S., Hill- 
head, Broxbourne; and Mrs. John Taylor, Hayes, St. Albans 
Eoad, Watford, were proposed as Members of the Society. 
The following paper was read :— 
“ Observations on Diatomacese from the Neighbourhood of 
Hertford.” By Isaac Eobinson. ( Transactions , Yol. IV, p. 196.) 
Diagrams, models, and microscopic specimens were exhibited by 
Mr. Eobinson in illustration of his paper. 
Ordinary Meeting, 22nd March, 1887, at Watford. 
Alfred T. Brett, Esq., M.D., in the Chair. 
Mr. Henry S. Allen, Mr. E. Andre, Mr. J. B. Scott, F.E.G.S., 
and Mrs. John Taylor were elected Members of the Society. 
Mr. Arthur E. Nicols, F.G.S., F.E.G.S., 3, Denmark Street, 
Watford; Mr. T. Y. Eoberts, Yerulam House, Watford; and Mr. 
W. Weston, Grove Mill, Watford, were proposed as Members. 
The following paper was read :— 
“ Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1886.” By John E. Littleboy. ( Transactions , Yol. IY, p. 161.) 
Ordinary Meeting, 31st March, 1887, at Hertford. 
F. M. Campbell, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.M.S., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 
The following paper was read :— 
“ On some points in the Anatomy of the Honey-Bee.” By E. T. 
Andrews. 
Microscopic specimens and diagrams were exhibited by Mr. 
Andrews in illustration of his paper. 
Field Meeting, 16th April, 1887. 
SPRINGFIELD, ST ALBANS. 
Meeting at the Horseshoes village about half-way between St. 
Albans and Hatfield, the members, about forty in number, under 
the direction of Mr. S. Monckton White, walked by Pope’s Field 
Farmhouse across the fields to Beech Cottage, where the Director 
read some notes on the neighbourhood with special reference to the 
rearing of partridges and pheasants. 
There are here, Mr. White said, two farms adjoining each other, 
one, the “ Beech,” so named from the beech trees which flourish in 
the neighbourhood, and the other, the “Great Nast Hyde,” 
deriving part of its name from a “ hide” of land, which was about 
120 acres; but from what the word “Nast” was derived he had 
been unable to determine. These farms comprise arable land, 
pasture, and woodland, the woods being named Tanner’s, the 
Home, and Ball’s Cover. In the Home Wood was a pond in 
