PROCEEDINGS, 
The lecture was illustrated by lantern photographs of old buildings 
and of beautiful bits of country which had been acquired by the 
National Trust, whose claims for support Mr. Blakiston urged. 
The meeting was held in conjunction with the St. Albans 
Architectural and Archaeological Society. 
218th Ordinary Meeting, 20th November, 1900, at Watford. 
Alan F. Crossman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.TJ., Yice-President, 
in the Chair. 
The following paper was read :— 
“ The Functions of a Natural History Society considered with 
Special Reference to the Hertfordshire Natural History Society.” 
By T. E. Bones, M.A., LL.D., B.Sc. 
A discussion ensued in which the Chairman, Mr. Hopkinson, 
Mr. G. P. Neele, and Mr. W. R. Carter took part. 
219th Ordinary Meeting, 22nd January, 1901, at Watford. 
Alan F. Crossman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.TJ., Yice-President, 
in the Chair. 
Mr. Charles Worte, 17, Derby Road, Watford, was proposed for 
membership of the Society. 
The Chairman announced that the Watford Urban District 
Council had kindly granted the use of the room in which they 
were assembled for all future meetings of the Society held at 
Watford. (The use of this room had been granted on two previous 
occasions—for the last Anniversary Meeting and for the Ordinary 
Meeting on the 23rd of October, 1900.) 
The following lecture was delivered:—■ 
“Haunts and Habits of British Birds.” By Richard Kearton, 
F.Z S. 
The lecture was copiously illustrated by lantern-views of birds 
in their haunts and of scenes showing the difficulties which 
Mr. Kearton and his brother had to contend with in photographing 
the birds, many of them while sitting on their nests. 
The oxy-hydrogen lantern was manipulated by Mr. Harold Ring 
Smith. 
After a vote of thanks had been accorded to Mr. Kearton for his 
lecture and to Mr. Smith for showing the views, the Chairman 
called upon Professor Attfield to make an announcement. 
The Professor, who had entered the room during the lecture, 
in feeling terms announced that Her Majesty Queen Yictoria had 
died shortly before the opening of the meeting of the Society. 
The Chairman said that in consequence of this sad news the 
meeting would at once adjourn. 
