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THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
His collection of Lepidoptera was formerly housed in the Bethnal
Green Museum, known as the "Doubleday collection," and is now at
South Kensington.
Of his birds, some were purchased by Arthur Lister ; others by J. E.
Harting and J. H. Gurney and Tuke ; some by A. Smee : the latter have
since been acquired by the Stratford Museum, and it is a possibility that
one of these days they may be joined by Mr. Lister's purchase.
Thanks were accorded to the exhibitors.
Mr. William E. Glegg, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., read a paper on "The Folk
Lore of Birds in relation to Essex."
Messrs. Syms, Ward and Thompson joined in the subsequent dis-
cussion and thanks were warmly accorded to the reader of a most interesting
communication.
The meeting adjourned at 3.45 o'clock.
ORDINARY MEETING (817th MEETING).
SATURDAY, 23TH JANUARY, 1941.
This meeting was held at 2 o'clock on the above date in the Woodford
Parish Church Memorial Hall : by reason of war-time conditions the
attendance was again a small one, only fifteen persons being present.
In the continued absence of the President, Mr. J. Ross was voted to
the chair.
Mr. Ross exhibited some myxomycetes found by himself during
December and the present month in the Loughton district of Epping
Forest. He remarked that of the 20 species he had found, 18 were growing
on decaying leaves, 2 only on wood : of the 20, half were of species which
had been but rarely met with on our Forays in the autumn.
The Curator showed twenty-four views of various Woodford buildings,
including the parish church, "Woodford Hall," which formerly occupied
the site of the meeting-place, the old Rectory (now the Municipal
offices), "The Rookery," "Frithman's," "Truby Lodge," "Glebelands"
and others, all within a half mile or so of the place of meeting and quite
a number of which had been demolished in recent years in the name
of modern "improvements."
The Chairman called upon Dr. William Heeley, who read a most
interesting paper on "The Habits and Life-Histories of Woodlice," which
he illustrated by the exhibition of specimens, both living and preserved,
of the species more particularly referred to. Messrs. Syms and Thompson
afterwards discussed various points raised by the author and, on the
Chairman's motion, Dr. Heeley was accorded a hearty vote of thanks
for an important contribution.
The Meeting adjourned at 4 o'clock.
ORDINARY MEETING (818th MEETING).
SATURDAY, 22ND FEBRUARY, 1941.
This Meeting was held in the Woodford Parish Church Memorial
Hall at 2 o'clock on the above date, Mr. Joseph Ross being voted to the
chair. Eighteen persons attended.