82 THE ESSEX NATURALIST February 9 Thursday "Wildfowling in Essex" by H. McSweeny. Brentwood School, Brentwood. 23 Thursday The Deer of Epping Forest—a discussion. Passmore M Edwards Museum. 25 Saturday "Forestry in Essex" by G. F. Ballance. West Ham College of Technology. March * 4 Saturday Newport (Mosses and Liverworts). Leader: E. M Saunders. *19 Sunday Small Mammal Trapping. Leader: A. C. Wheeler. M 25 Saturday The Presidential Address and Annual General Meeting. West Ham College of Technology. *26 Sunday Epping Forest Survey (Geology—Augering). Leader: G R. Coates. April * 8 Saturday Quendon (Oxlips). Leader: Mrs. D. Boardman. B *23 Sunday Spring Meeting (General natural history). Leader: C. B. Pratt. 27 Thursday Geological Films and Annual General Meeting of G Geology Group. Passmore Edwards Museum. *29 Saturday Epping Forest Survey (Birds). Leader: A. C. Wheeler. *30 Sunday Norsey Wood, Billericay (Entomology). Leader: R. J. Knowles. May * 6 Saturday Epping Forest Survey (Entomology). Leader: D. Chapman. * 7 Sunday Harts Wood and Childerditch (Birds and bird song). Leader: M. T. Parker. 14 Sunday Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow (Natural History). Leader: D. Scott. *28 Sunday High Wood, Ingatestone (Birds and bird song). Leader: M. T. Parker. June * 4 Sunday Woodham Walter Common (Natural History). Leader: D. Chapman. *11 Sunday High Wood, Mill Green (Bird and bird song). Leader: M. T. Parker. *17 Saturday Charlton and Abbey Woods (Lower London Tertiary G Deposits—Fossiliferous area). Leader: R. Coates. *24 Saturday Althorne near Burnham-on-Crouch (Maritime plants B and grasses). Leader: Dr. K. Alvin.