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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 
During the year nineteen ordinary members and two honorary 
members have been elected; three members have compounded for 
their annual subscription; twenty-two members have resigned, 
and the Council regrets to have to record the loss of three ordinary 
members and one honorary member by death. The census of the 
Society at the end of the years 1884 and 1885 was:— 
1884. 1885. 
Honorary Members.18 19 
Life Members. 42 44 
Annual Subscribers.211 202 
271 265 
The following papers and lectures have been read or delivered 
during the year :— 
Jan. 6, at Watford.—The Nests and Eggs of Birds; by Henry Seebohm, 
F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
• - 20, at Watford.—The Origin and Constitution of Chalk and Flint; 
by Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S. 
Feb. 3, at Watford.—Indian Snakes and Snake-charming; by Sir 
Joseph Fayrer, M.D., K.C.S.I., LL D., F.R.S., etc. 
-- 17, at Watford.—Anniversary Address; by the President, the Right 
Honourable the Earl Cowper, K.G. 
- 19, at Hertford.—List of Works on the Geology of Hertfordshire, 
1874-83 ; by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S. 
- Some Hertfordshire Well-Sections ; by W. Whitaker, B.A. 
(London), F.G.S., Assoc.Inst.C.E. 
March .3, at Watford.—Diatoms, their Nature and Habits; by Francis 
Ransom. 
- Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1884 ; 
by John E. Littleboy. 
• - 24, at Watford.—Meteorological Observations taken at Wansford 
House, Watford, during the years 1883 and 1884; by John 
Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertfordshire 
during the years 1883 and 1884 ; by John Hopkinson. 
- Notes on a Whirlwind at Ivinghoe, 11th Sept., 1834 ; by John 
E. Littleboy. 
- List of Flowering Plants observed in Hertfordshire during the 
year 1884 ; by Ada Selby. 
- List of Lepidoptera observed in the neighbourhood of IJitchin, 
and at Stevenage ; by John Hartley Durrant, F.E.S. 
-- Note on a Curious Habit of the Wagtail; by J. Henry James. 
April 15, at Hertford.—Meteorological Observations taken at Throcking, 
Herts, during the year 1884 ; by the Rev. C. W. Harvey, 
M.A., F.R.Met.Soc. 
- Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire during the year 1884 ; 
by the Rev. C. W. Harvey. 
- Report on Insects observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1884 ; by F. W. Silvester, F.R.Met.Soc. 
Oct. 20, at Watford.—Adventures of an Ornithologist in Siberia ; by H. 
Seebohm, F.L.S. 
Nov. 17, at Watford.—Snakes and Snake-bites ; by Arthur Stradling, 
C.M.Z.S. 
Dec. 1, at Watford.—On Mosses ; by E. M. Holmes, F.L.S. 
- 11, at Hertford.—The Great Essex Earthquake of the 22nd of April. 
1884 ; by Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.A.S., F.I.C., F.C.S. 
- 15, at Watford.—A Chapter from the Great Book of Nature, as 
revealed by the Microscope; by J. Badcock, F.R.M.S. 
