ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MAMMAL GROUP, 1967 199
Annual Report of the Mammal Group,
1967
The Mammal Group held twelve meetings during the year
ranging over various subjects. Indoor meetings included a film
meeting, a Club General Meeting on mammal recognition and the
Group A.G.M. with members' notes and exhibits. Outdoor
meetings began with a Bottle Hunt to collect small mammal
remains from discarded bottles. This was quite successful and
filled a number of gaps in the mammal records. There were two
live mammal trapping meetings and a bat meeting to examine
buildings which might be used as bat roosts. Three conservation
meetings were held at Fingringhoe Wick when some Group
members helped with clearing work on the Reserve. Records of
mammals seen in Essex by other members of the Club have been
forthcoming and are most encouraging. The year also saw the
first issue of "Essex Mammal News" published by certain group
members and to be offered on subscription to any one having an
interest in Mammals in the county. The bulletin is independent
and acts as a clearing house for news and views on Essex
mammals and their study. It is hoped to see more of some of the
new faces seen at Group meetings during the year, to boost the
membership and to enable the Group to flourish and extend its
study of Essex mammals.
D. Scott, Secretary.
Books Received
Britain's Green Mantle. By A G. Tansley. Second edition, revised by M.
C. F. Proctor. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1968. 327 pages, 140 plates.
50/-.
Nesting Birds, Eggs and Fledglings. By Winwood Reade and Eric Hos-
king. Blandford Press. 1967. 275 pages, colour plates. 25/-.
Plant Galls in Colour. By Arnold Darlington. Blandford Press. 1968. 191
pages, colour plates. 25/-.
Field and Meadow Life. By Leif Lyneborg. Blandford Press. 1968. 164
pages, colour plates. 21/-.
Out of the Wild. By Fred. J. Speakman. G. Bell & Sons. 1967. 163 pages.
15/-.