MEETINGS DURING 1961 83 July * 8 Saturday Skippers Island Survey (General Natural History). Leader: A. C. Wheeler. * 9 Sunday Woodham Walter Common (Entomology). Leader: P. Hammond. 16 Sunday Epping Forest (Reptiles and Amphibians). Leader: G. Malenoir. *22 Saturday Birch Hall, near Colchester (Forestry and General Natural History). Leader: D. Chapman. August *12 Saturday Thurrock Marshes. Joint meeting with The London B Natural History Society. Leader: S. Jermyn. *27 Sunday Leewick (General Natural History). Joint meeting with the St. Osyth Bird Watching and Protection Society. Leader: J. N. Mead. September * 2 Saturday Epping Forest (Ferns). Leader: R. Payne. B *10 Sunday Epping Forest Survey. Joint meeting with the St. Osyth Bird Watching and Protection Society. Leader: R. Nisbet. *16 Saturday Woodham Walter Common (Augering). Leader: R. G Coates. *17 Sunday Ongar Park Wood (Spiders and Insects). Leader: Miss I. Finch. *23 Saturday Woodham Walter Common (Fungi). Leader: W. R. B Masefield. October * 7 Saturday River Stour and Wrabness (Geology and Botany). G Leader: R. Coates. * 8 Sunday EPPING FOREST (Fungus Foray). Joint meeting with B The British Mycological Society. Leader: Mrs D. Boardman. *21 Saturday Skippers Island Survey (General Natural History). Leader: A. C. Wheeler. 28 Saturday Squirrels in Essex—a discussion. Passmore Edwards M Museum. November 4 Saturday "John Ray of Black Notley", by The Rev. Canon C. E. Raven, D.D., D.Sc., F.B.A. Mid-Essex Technical Col- lege, Market Road, Chelmsford. 9 Thursday Entomology. Identification of specimens and informal discussion. Passmore Edwards Museum. *11 Saturday Harts Wood (Mosses). Leaders: K. Alvin and E. B Saunders,