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birds wheeling overhead, although there must have been
considerably over this number, as the saltings stretch for a great
distance and the gulls were much scattered.
My Skipper who landed subsequently in a different spot
found another batch of several nests, so that a large number of
gulls certainly bred again this season in Hamford Waters.
The eggs were hard set, as I picked up one which was float-
ing out to sea (a common occurrence I fear at these spring tides)
and discovered inside a young one fully formed.
It is to be hoped that the gulls were eventually successful in
their rearing operations, but I was not there to see and again I
would express the wish that some naturalist at Walton might be
found, who could in the summer keep one eye on the birds, and
another on the lads from the adjoining farms, and publish his
experiences through the medium of the Essex Naturalist.
EPPING FOREST FUNGI : REPORT ON THE
SPECIES OBSERVED AT THE FUNGUS
FORAY ON OCTOBER 6th, 1900, INCLUD-
ING TWO NEW TO BRITAIN.
By GEORGE MASSEE, F.L.S.
[As recorded in the report of the "Cryptogamic Meeting" in
the present part, Mr. Masse, in conjunction with Dr. M. C.
Cooke, kindly undertook the examination of the species collected,
and he has since sent in the following notes.—Ed.]
Of the larger fungi 152 species were collected, among which
were two new to the Essex Mycological Flora, viz :—
Tricholoma variegatum, Scop., and
Cortinarius scutulatus, Fries.
Among the Micro-Fungi, especially those occurring on
dung, many very interesting species occurred, two of which had
not been previously recorded for Britain, while many are new to
the Essex flora.