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INDEX. 
Pegsdon Common, Hitchin, British and 
Boman remains on, 39. 
Phalarope, grey, in Herts, 161. 
Thalaropus fulicarius in Herts, 161. 
Pheasants, rearing of, xliv. 
Phenological phenomena observed in 
Herts in 1885 , 93 ; in 1886 , 176. 
Pinner visited, xxv. 
Planets, elements of, 98. 
Plants found near Broxbourne, xxv; 
Wilbury Hill, xxxii; in flower at 
St. Albans, 18 th June, 1887 , li; 
wild, their attributes and names, 
105; flowering, observed in Herts 
in 1884 and 1885 , 118. 
President’s Address, i 6 thFeb. 1886 , 1; 
15 th Feb. 1887 , 129. 
Pressure (atmospheric) at Throcking in 
1885 , 66 , 68 ; in 1886 , 209, 210; 
at Watford in 1885 , 84; in 1886 , 
170; in 1877 , 206. 
Pryor, A. B.: Notes on some Hert¬ 
fordshire Carices, 121-128 ; progress 
of his ‘ Flora of Hertfordshire,’ xiii, 
xxxviii. 
Purwell Mill, Hitchin, Boman Villa 
near, 43. 
B. 
Babbits, dogs entrapped while follow¬ 
ing, 223. 
Badiation of light, 15. 
Bainfall at Throcking in 1885 , 67, 69 ; 
in 1886 , 211, 212 ; at Watford in 
1885 , 85; in 1886 , 171; in 1877 , 
207 ; in Herts in 1885 , 73 ; in 1886 , 
214. 
Bansom, E., reception of members by, 
xxx. 
Bansom, W.: Account of British and 
Boman Bemains found in the Neigh¬ 
bourhood of Hitchin, xix, 39-48; 
reception of members by, xxxii. 
Bavensburgh Castle, near Hitchin, an 
early British camp, 47. 
Beading Beds at Bernard’s Heath, St. 
Albans, xx; at Ayot, xxiii; near 
Pinner, xxvi; at Bushey and Wat¬ 
ford Heath, xlvi; at Woodcock Hill, 
Bickmansworth, xlvii. 
Beceipts and Expenditure in 1885 , xv; 
in 1886 , xxxix. 
Bedshank in Herts, 57. 
Beflection of light, 16. 
Befraction of light, 17. 
Beport of the Council for 1885 , xi; 
for 1886 , xxxvi. 
Beport on the rainfall in Herts, in 
1885 , 73 ; in 1886 , 214 ; on pheno¬ 
logical phenomena in Herts, in 1885 , 
93 ; in 1886 , 176. 
Beptiles observed near Watford, 119. 
Bespiration, laws governing, 12 . 
Bickmansworth visited, xlvii; rainfall 
at, in 1885 , 74; in 1886 , 217; 
phenological observations at, in 1885 , 
93. 
Bobinson, I.: Observations on Dia- 
tomacese from the neighbourhood of 
Hertford, xliii, 196-200. 
Bock-thrush in Herts, 53. 
Boiler in Herts, 54. 
Boman remains near Hitchin, 39. 
Bothamsted, Harpenden, rainfall at, in 
1885 , 74; in 1886 , 217. 
Boyston, earthquake of 1884 felt near, 
28; rainfall at, in 1885 , 74; in 
1886 , 217. 
Budler, F. W.: Earthquakes and 
their Belation to Volcanic Pheno¬ 
mena (title only), xlv. 
Bufl in Herts, 57. 
Bye House, Hoddesdon, visited, xxv. 
S. 
St. Albans, field meetings at, 1886 , xx, 
xxiv, xxxii; 1887 , xliii; ordinary 
meeting at, 1887 , xlv; earthquake 
felt at, in 1878 , 25; in 1884 , 29 ; 
codlin-moth at, 50 ; swarm of 
aphides at, 52, 202 ; rainfall at, in 
1885 , 74; in 1886 , 217. 
St. Albans new water-works, section 
at, 117. 
Saturn, elements of, 98, 101 , 103. 
Sawbridgeworth, phenological obser¬ 
vations at, in 1885 , 93 ; in 1886 , 
176. 
Section from Pinner to Bickmansworth, 
xxvii; at Colne Valley Water Works, 
Watford, 116; at St. Albans new 
water-works, 117; at the sewage 
farm, Watford Fields, 117. 
Seebohm, H.: The Adventures of an 
Ornithologist in Siberia (title only), 
ix. 
Selby, Ada: Flowering Plants ob¬ 
served in Hertfordshire during the 
years 1884 and 1885 , xxi, 118; 
during the year 1886 (title only), xlv. 
Sewage Farm, Watford, section at, 
117. 
Sewer-ventilation, 149. 
Sharpe, S., on old British town at 
St. Albans, xx. 
Shelly, C. E. : The Germ Theory 
