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The Hon. Secretary also exhibited the fledgling Little Owl which was
found drowned in a pond at Sewardstone during the field meeting there
last July, and which had been presented to the Essex Museum by the
finder, Miss G. Lister.
He also exhibited a collection of six catapults, taken by a Keeper
from boys in the Loughton district of Epping Forest during the past
Spring.
Miss G. Lister exhibited a branch of Sassafras officinale which illus-
trated the heteromorphism of the leaves borne by a single plant.
Mr. Scourfield exhibited under a microscope some living colonies of the
rotiferon, Conochilus volvox, from a pond at Highbeach.
Mr. C. Nicholson then read a paper on "Bugs : with special reference
to Epping Forest forms," which he illustrated by lantern slides and
coloured drawings, and by a collection of mounted specimens of the insects.
Mr. Percy Thompson read, in abstract, a paper on "A Third Annotated
Copy of Warner's 'Plantae Woodfordienses," and exhibited a few photo-
graphs and lantern slides in illustration thereof.
[This paper is printed in Essex Naturalist, vol. xx., pp. 268-276.]
CRYPTOGAMIC FORAY IN EPPING FOREST
(572nd MEETING).
SATURDAY, 1OTH NOVEMBER, 1923.
This Foray was favoured by a brilliantly sunny clay, accompanied
by a keen northerly wind which, however, caused no discomfort in the
woodlands to the 30 Members and friends who attended.
The route was from Theydon Bois to Highbeach, the referees being as
under :—
For the Mosses and Hepatics .. Mr. L. B. Hall, F.L.S.
Mr. W. R. Sherrin, A.L.S.
For the Lichens .. . . .. Miss A. Lorrain Smith, F.L.S.
Mr. FL Paulson, F.L.S.
For the Fungi and Myxomycetes .. Miss G. Lister, F.L.S.
The party assembled at Theydon Bois station at about 11 o'clock,
and proceeded through the village to Oakhill, where the Forest was
entered ; collecting was at once begun and continued throughout the day.
The headquarters were, as usual, at the Roserville Retreat at Highbeach,
where tea was taken at shortly after 4 o'clock ; following which a short
Meeting of the Club was held, with the President in the chair.
One certificate of nomination was read.
The President called upon each of the Referees in turn, and the Hon.
Secretary, for reports on the finds of the day. These may be summarised
as follows.
Some 43 species of mosses had been noted, but only 14 or 15 lichens
and only 8 myxomycetes : but included in these small totals were two
records of considerable interest.
Mr. Thorrington found the rare hepatic, Ptilidium pulcherrimum (Web.)
Hampe, which was recorded in 1917 from near the Cuckoo Pits by Mr. J.