Vol. 28, Part 1 March 1947
THE ESSEX NATURALIST
being the Journal of the
ESSEX FIELD CLUB
Editor :
Frank W. Jane, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.L.S.
Assistant Editor :
C. Bignell Pratt, M.P.S., F.S.M.C.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Epping Forest, Leytonstone. By C. Bignell Pratt Frontispiece
Editorial ........................... 2
The Colonial Habit in some Lower Organisms. Presidential Address.
By Frank W. Jane, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.L.S.......... 3
Birds as the Food of Fishes. By William E. Glegg, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 12
Mycetozoa : Records for Epping Forest, 1941—1946. By Joseph
Ross ........................... 16
Trichia floriformis in Epping Forest. By Joseph Ross ...... 19
Some Old Essex Maps. By Percy Thompson, F.L.S....... 21
Some Common Conifers and their Timbers. By Frank W. Jane,
Ph.D., D.Sc., F.L.S. .................. 25
The Eggs of some British Butterflies. By E. E. Syms, F.R.E.S., F.Z.S. 31
Oak Galls in Epping Forest. By Joseph Ross ......... 34
Notes and Observations.................. ... 36
Book Notice ........................ 38
The Essex Field Club : Reports of Meetings ......... 39
The Library.................. ......... 48
Published by The Essex Field Club at the Essex Museum of
Natural History, Romford Road, Stratford, London, E.15.