C O N T E N T S. PAGE Journal of Proceedings at Field, Ordinary, and other Meetings, from February 20th, 1883, to January 29th, 1887 . , i.-ccix. Deputation to Sir John Lubbock, M.P., i.,; to Sir H. Selwin- Ibbetson, M.P., and Lord Eustace Cecil. M.P, ... v. Special Meetings, April 28th. xii. ; May 26th, 1883 . . . xviii. Field Meeting at Warlies, Waltham Abbey, May 19th, 1883 . xiv. Third Visit to Deneholes in Hangman's Wood, June 15th and 16th, 1883..........xx. Field Meetings at Ware and Easneye Park, Herts. June 28th, 1883, xxiv. ; at Box Hill, July 14th, 1883, xxvi. ; at Lam- bourne and Hainault Forest, July 28th, 1883, xxix. : at Nazing and Roydon, August 6th, 1883 .... xxxiv. Fourth Annual Cryptogamic Meeting, September 29th, 1883 . xliii. Meeting at " Knighton," re Proposed Local Museum, December 8th, 1883 '.......... lxvi. Fourth Annual Meeting, January 26th, 1884 .... lxxvi. Field Meetings at Audley End and Saffron Walden, April 14th. 1884........... lxxxiii. Visit to British Museum, April 19th, 1884.....xcii. Exhibition at Loughton Public Hall ...... xciii. Visit to Crystal Palace. May 10th, 1884. xcviii.; to New Docks at Tilbury, May 17th, 1884 .......xcviii. A Forest Ramble, June 21st, 1884, ci. ; in Ongar Park Woods, Epping, etc., July 19th, 1884 . . . . . civ. Field Meeting at Colchester and Mersea, August 4th, 1884 . cix. Fifth Annual Cryptogamic Meeting, October 3rd and 4th, 1884. cxix. Exploration of the Deneholes in Hangman's Wood, October 13th to November 10th, 1884......cxxiii. Fifth Annual Meeting. January 31st, 1885.....cxxxiii. Special Meeting, March 11th, 1885 . . . . . cxxxviii. Field Meeting in East Ham and Barking Districts, April 18th,1885 cxii. Visit to Deneholes in Hangman's Wood, May 9th, 1885, cl.; to Zoological Gardens, May 16th, 1885.....clii. Field Meetings in Epping Forest and Chigwell, May 30th, 1885, cliii. ; at Witham, Black Notley and Terling, July 25th, 1885..........clvii. Sixth Annual Cryptogamic Meeting, October 2nd and 3rd, 1885 clxxiii. Sixth Annual Meeting, January 30th, 1886 .... clxxxii. Visit to British Museum, April 17th, 1886.....clxxxvi. Field Meetings—A Forest Ramble, May 5th, 1886, clxxxvi. ; in West Ham District, June 26th, 1886 . . . clxxxvii. Seventh Annual Cryptogamic Meeting, October 15 and 16,1886. cxciii. Seventh Annual Meeting, January 29th, 1887 .... cxcix. Short Papers. A Bird's Nest in the Interior of an Elm Tree. By W. H. Edinger iii. Note on the Occurrence of Scotophilus serotinus, Gmael., in Essex, By Miller Christy...... iv. English Plant Names. By J. Britten, F.L.S.....xvi. Notes on Hainault Forest! By J. L. English . . . xxxii. Notes on Nazing and Nether Hall. By Editor and J. Beddington.........xxxiv.