Vol. 28, Part 5 March 1951 THE ESSEX NATURALIST being the Journal of the ESSEX FIELD CLUB Editor : C. BIGNELL PRATT CONTENTS PAGE Essex Bricks. Presidential Address by Laurence S. Harley...... 243 The Control of Rivers. By H. B. Rowntree............ 255 Docks and Sorrels of Essex. By J. Edward Lousley ...... 265 Dr. John Ramsbottom ..................... 271 Essex Associations of a Devonian. By Norman Carruthers Gould ... 273 Books ........................... 274 The Pre-Conquest Churches of Essex and the method of laying-out their ground-plans. By Laurence S. Harley ......... 275 Puddingstone Quern discovered at Finchingfield. By Ernest A. Rudge 278 Medieval tile kiln at Stebbing. By Laurence S. Harley ...... 278 Submerged buildings off Bradwell Point. By Laurence S. Harley ... 279 North-east Essex Educational Fellowship Natural History Group ... 280 Jellyfish in captivity. By F. J. Lambert ............ 280 Mycetozoa in Epping Forest in 1949-50. By Joseph Ross...... 281 Some interesting Leguminous Plants of South Essex. By S. T. Jermyn 284 Short Notes on Plants ..................... 285 Bird Notes from the Essex Coast. By M. J. Ardley ...... 285 The St. Osyth and District Bird Watching Society—Observations ... 287 Short Notes on Birds ..................... 288 Felsted School Natural History Society—Butterflies observed 1947-50 290 Essex Lepidoptera in 1950. By H. C. Huggins ......... 291 Lepidoptera in East Essex in 1950. By A. J. Dewick ...... 293 Butterflies at North Fambridge in 1950. By Jack T. Friedlein ... 294 Hempitera-Heteroptera in Essex in 1950. By W. A. Sands ... 295 Short Notes on Insects .......... ......... ... 297 A giant Carp at Chingford. By Bernard T. Ward...... ... 299 Report of Council for 1950-1 .................. 300 Reports of Meetings ..................... 301 List of Members ........................ 318 Published by The Essex Field Club at the Essex Museum of Natural History, Romford Road, Stratford, London, E.15.