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PROCEEDINGS, 
Field Meeting, 1st June, 1901. 
THE GROVE, WATFORD. 
This meeting was held in Grove Park and the Grove Woods by 
the kind permission of the Earl of Clarendon, and was under the 
direction of Mr. Hopkinson. The party, thirty-five in number, 
assembled at the principal entrance to the park, which was crossed 
hv way of the ornamental water, an expansion of the Itiver Gade, 
a detour having there to be made as the bridge on the carriage- 
drive was under repair. 
On arriving at The Grove the private grounds were visited, and 
here some lofty trimmed hedges of yew, a hawthorn with three 
different kinds of flowers, coloured white, pink, and deep red, and 
a laburnum with numerous flowers of a heliotrope colour and some 
red ones, attracted attention. 
A pretty walk through the woods followed, and the well-known 
“ Temple-of-Pan,” a rustic summer-house overshadowed by tall 
fir-trees, was visited. Near it, Solomon’s seal ( Polygonatum multi- 
florum) was seen in flower, and also the early purple orchis ( Orchis 
mascula). In another part of the woods a wayfaring-tree ( Viburnum 
lantana) was noticed. 
On arriving at the keeper’s house, “ The Firs,” his “ Museum ” 
of predaceous birds and mammals, slung between two trees, attracted 
attention, and then a picnic tea was provided in the orchard by 
Mrs. Hopkinson. After tea the keeper conducted the members 
through woods which had not before been visited, and into Cassio- 
bury Park, which was crossed by those who were not cycling, the 
cyclists returning to Watford and elsewhere by Grove Mill Lane. 
The following is a list of the birds which were seen or heard in 
the course of the walk, and recorded by Mr. A. F. Crossman :— 
Missel-Thrush ( Turdus viscivorus) 
Song-Thrush {T. musicus) 
Blackbird ( T . merula) 
Redbreast ( Erithacus rubecula) 
Nightingale {Daulias luscinia) 
Whitethroat ( Sylvia cinerea) 
Chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus rufus) 
Willow-Warbler (P. trocliilus) 
Hedge-Sparrow {Accentor modularis) 
Great Tit {Parus major) 
Coal Tit (P. ater) 
Blue Tit (P. cceruleus ) 
Wren {Troglodytes parvulus) 
Tree-Creeper {Certhia familiaris) 
Tree-Pipit {Anthus trivialis) 
Spotted Flycatcher {Muscicapa grisola) 
Swallow {Hirundo rustica) 
House-Martin {Chelidon urbica) 
Sand-Martin {Cotile riparia) 
Greenfinch {Ligurinus chloris) 
House-Sparrow {Passer domesticus) 
Chaffinch {Fringilla coelebs) 
Yellowhammer {Emberiza citrinella) 
Starling {Sturnus vulgaris) 
Jay {Garrulus glandarius) 
Jackdaw {Corvus moncdula) 
Rook {C. frugilegus) 
Skylark {Alauda arvensis ) 
Swift {Cypselus apus ) 
Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus) 
Ring-Dove {Columba palumbus) 
Turtle-Dove {Turtur communis) 
Pheasant {Phasianus colchicus) 
Partridge {Perdix cinerea) 
Moorhen {Gallinula chloropus) 
Lapwing (Vanellus vulgaris) 
Mr. A. E. Gibbs reports that comparatively few species of insects 
were seen on the wing, hut that amongst the captures were some 
of considerable interest, including Lobophora viretata , now recorded 
for the second time in Hertfordshire, it having previously been 
taken at Haileybury by Mr. Bowyer; Bapta bimaculata ; Anaitis 
