Vol. 33, Part 3
1976
THE ESSEX NATURALIST
being the Journal of
THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB
Edited by
David Corke
Editorial
This issue, like the last, covers two years although it is less than two full
years since part two was published. Provided with an edequate supply of
good quality papers, and assuming the Field Club's finances remain sound,
we should be able to resume annual publication of the Essex Naturalist
next year. Please note that we have adopted a new system of dating; from
this issue onwards the date on the cover is the date of publication and not
the date of the year(s) covered by the Council reports. This explains the
absence of a 1975 Essex Naturalist.
The cover illustration is by David Lewis and shows Gobius paganellus—
one of the fish described in Mr Barron's paper in this issue.
Since the appearance of the previous Essex Naturalist the Club has
suffered the sad loss of two valued Council members. Tom Bartrop, a
former president, died in April 1975 and his obituary appears in this issue.
Mrs Doreen Boardman, who did so much for the study of fungi in Essex,
died in the spring of 1976. The Club's President is in the process of pre-
paring a full obituary notice which will appear in the next edition.
Prospective authors are requested to contact me before submitting a
paper for publication so that a full set of instructions for the preparation
of typescript can be supplied.
David Corke
Dept Biological Science
N.E. London Polytechnic
E15 4LZ.
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