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Transactions 1909 TRANSACTIONS OF THE NORFOLK & NORWICH NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY — The Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society has for its objects : 3. I- The practical study of Natural Science. 2. The protection, by its influence with landowners and others, of indigenous species requiring protection, and the circulation of information which may dispel prejudices leading to their destruction. The discouragement of the practice of destroying the rarer species 6. of birds that occasionally visit the County, and of exterminating rare plants in their native localities. 4. The record of facts and traditions connected with the habits, distribu- tion, and former abundance or otherwise of animals and plants which have become extinct in the County ; and the use of all legitimate means to prevent the extermination of existing species, more especially those known to be diminishing in numbers. 5. The publication of papers on Natural History contributed to the Society, especially such as relate to the County of Norfolk. The facilitating a friendly intercourse between local Naturalists by means of Meetings for the reading and discussion of papers and for the exhibition of specimens, supplemented by Field- meetings and Excursions, with a view to extend the study of Natural Science on a sound and systematic basis. : TRANSACTIONS OF THE Burfulfi antt Burundi NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY. Edited by the Honorary Secretary. VOL. IX. 1909-1910 to 1913 1914. NORWICH Printed ky A. E. Soman & Co. 1914 . ? — V. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. With References to the Articles contributed by each. Page Atmore, E. A. Lepidoptera [Fauna and Flora of Norfolk] ... 773 Phytophagous Hymenoptera (Saw-flies) [Fauna and Flora of Norfolk] ... ... 798 Barclay, F. H . —Colias edusa and Deilephila livornica ... 832 . sylvestris ericetorum Bennett, A —Medicago , M. falcata, Carex and Psamma baltica in England, with a note on Scleranthus perennis ... ... ... 16 Naias marina, L. and Chara stelligera, Bauer, as Norfolk plants ... ... ... 47 Epipactis atrorubens, a little-known Norfolk Orchid 1 87 CEnanthe pimpinelloides, L. ... ... 190 Stellaria Dilleniana in Norfolk ... ... 315 Notes on some East Anglian plants . ... 436 Bird, Rev. M. C. H. —Acorns ... ... ... ... 327 Attempted acclimatisation of Wild Rice ( Zizania aquaticd) in East Norfolk ... ... 603 Burrell, W. H. — Goodyera repens, Br. ... ... ... 43 A supplementary list of Norfolk Mosses, Liverworts and Mycetozoa ... 99 A remarkable boulder at Sheringham ... 142 Note on a Willow log ... ... ... 640 Azolla filiculoides Lam. ... ... ... 734 The Winfarthing Oaks ... ... ... 832 Burrell, W. H., and Clarke, W. G. —A contribution to a vegeta- tion survey of Norfolk ... ... 743 The Fauna and Flora of Flordon Common ... 170 Botanical rambles in West Norfolk, with Notes on the genus Utricularia ... ... 263 Topographical Notes on some rarer Norfolk plants 622 Clarke, W. G.— Botanical Notes from Breckland ... ... 8 The Commons of Norfolk... ... ... 32 Clarke, W. G., and Burrell, W. H. —The Fauna and Flora of Flordon Common ... ... ... 170 Botanical rambles in West Norfolk, with Notes on the genus Utricularia ... ... 263 Topographical Notes on some rarer Norfolk plants 622 A contribution to a vegetation survey of Norfolk 743 / / VI. Page Crowfoot, W. M. — President’s Address ... ... ... 1 43 Lessons to be learnt from a large collection of butterflies... ... ... ... 149 — Edwards, J. Coleoptera [Fauna and Flora of Norfolk] ... 804 Hemiptera [Fauna and Flora of Norfolk] ... 812 — in captivity ... ... Eldred, E. J. H. The Great Bustard 638 Friend, Rev. H. —Some Norfolk Annelids ... ... ... 394 Geldart, Miss A. M. — President's Address 643 Sir J. E. Smith and some of his friends ... 645 Gurney, Sir E. —Wild birds protection in Norfolk in 1914 ... 765 Gurney, J. H. —Great migration of Crossbills ... ... 71 The Great Auk and its egg in Norwich Museum... 214 Supposed Latiius meridionalis Tern, in Norfolk ... 460 The irruption of Waxwings into Norfolk during the winter of 1913-14 ... ... ... 773 Leucopternis occidentalis ... ... ... 830 Gurney, R. —The tides of the river Bure and its tributaries ... 216 President’s Address ... ... ... 461 The origin and conditions of existence of the fauna of fresh water ... ... 463 Hammond, J. —The food of certain birds ... ... ... 316 Harmer, F. W.—The glacial deposits of Norfolk and Suffolk ... 108 Hurrell, H. E.— Distribution of the Polyzoa in Norfolk waters ... 197 Innes, A. G. —-Tidal action in the Bure and its tributaries ... 244 Leney, F. —Some additions to the Norwich Castle Museum in 1909 97 ditto in 1910 269 ditto in 191 I 431 ditto in 1912 635 ditto in 1913 828 Long, S. H. —T. Southwell, obituary notice of ... 134 Wild Bird protection on the Norfolk Coast in 1909 140 ditto in 1910 283 ditto in 1911 458 ditto in 1912 637 ditto in 1913 831 “ Blowing " wells ... ... ... 191 Long, S. H., and Riviere, B. B. —Birds [Fauna and Flora of Norfolk] 784 Morley, C. —Ichneumons [Fauna and Flora of Norfolk] ... 558 Newman, L. F. —Soils and Agriculture of Norfolk ... ... 349 Nicholson, W. A.—Report of Delegate to Corresponding Societies’ Committee of the British Association ... 51 Oliver, F. W.—Report on the Blakeney Point Laboratory for 1913 711 Vll. Page Oliver, F. W., and Salisbury, E. J. —The Topography and Vegeta- tion of the National Trust Reserve, known as Blakeney Point, Norfolk ... ... 485 Patterson, A. H. — Notes on a decayed Trawl-fishery ... 26 Natural History Notes from Yarmouth for 1909 ... 79 ditto for 1910 ... 193 ditto for 1911 ... 455 Fishes [Fauna and Flora of Norfolk] ... 815 Notes on the Whales of Norfolk ... ... 300 Preston, A. W. — Meteorological Notes for 1909 ... ... 90 ditto for 1910 ... ... 205 ditto for 1911 ... ... 340 ditto for 1912 ... ... 543 ditto for 1913 ... ... 757 Notes on the great rainstorm in Norfolk in August, 1912 ... ... ... ... 551 Riviere, B. B. — Notes on the Autumn Migration on the Norfolk Coast ... ... ... ... 771 — Riviere, B. B. , and Long, S. H. Birds [Fauna and Flora of Norfolk] 784 Salisbury, E. J., and Oliver, F. W.—The Topography and Vegeta- tion of the National Trust Reserve, known as Blakeney Point, Norfolk ... ... 485 Sutton, W. L. — President’s Address ... ... ... 285 Enzymes, with special reference to cyanogenesis 291 ... Thomson, D. G.— President’s Address ... 1 The origin and evolution of the nervous system in animals ... ... ... ... 4 Ticehurst, C. B. — Migration and other ornithological notes from Lowestoft and district, 1910-11 ... ... 406 Migration and other ornithological notes from Lowestoft and district, 1911-12 ... ... 607 Tuck, W. H,—Some Suffolk Ornithological notes for 1911 ... 282 ditto for 1911-12 ... 460 ditto for 1913-14 ... 831 Turner, Miss E. L. —-The return of the Bittern ... ... 433 Wigg, T. J.—Notes on the Herring fishery of 1909 ... ... 73 ditto of 1910 ... ... 272 ditto of 191 1 ... ... 428 ditto of 1912 ... ... 632 Withers, T. H. —Cirripedes in the Norwich Museum from the Norfolk chalk, studied by Darwin ... 308 Wormald, H. —Courtship of Ducks and notes on Hybrids ... 693 — Vlll. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page Scotch Fir-cone that has been attacked by Crossbills 72 East African Lions facing 97 Monkey-eating Eagle •• % Hummocky Drift near Sheringham n 112 View of a Terminal Moraine of Pleistocene Age in North Jutland 113 View of the Cromer Ridge from West Runton M 113 Map showing the distribution of the Purple Clay and of the Chalky Boulder Clay of the East of England 116 Section across the Valley of the Wensum at Norwich ... 117 Map showing the principal Exposures of the Chillesford Clay, and the probable course of one of the Estuaries of the Rhine during the Chillesford Stage 124 View of a Pleistocene “Sand-Plain” in Jutland facing 126 Contour-map showing distribution of East Anglian Drifts 132 Thomas Southwell (Portrait) ,, 134 Flordon Common 170 Egg of the Great Auk 214 Great Auk in Norwich Museum ... „ 215 Map of the Norfolk Broads „ 216 Tracing of Tidal Wave, taken on the Broads 222 Chart of Tide Waves on the Broads facing 222 Tracing of the Tide at Oulton Broad 223 Chart showing Range of Tide at the Bar and at Southtown 226 Diagram of the Tides at Acle and at Yarmouth facing 228 Charts of the Tides at Stokesby ... 239 Geological Map of Norfolk 384 Norfolk Soil Survey : Distribution Map of Oats 385 „ „ Mangolds 385 „ „ Sanfoin and Rotation Grasses 386 „ „ Beans 386 „ „ Permanent Grass 387 „ „ Vetches and Tares 387 „ „ Potatoes 388 „ „ Peas 388 „ „ Turnips and Swedes 389 „ „ Small Fruit 389 „ ,, Orchards 390 „ „ Lucerne 390 „ „ Barley 391 „ „ Cattle 391 „ „ Sheep 392 „ „ Wheat 392 „ „ Rape 393 „ „ Cabbages 393 — IX. Page Heads of Abyssinian Big-game ... ... ... facing 431 Young Bittern ... ... ... ... .. 433 White-shouldered Eagle ... ... ,, 458 Map of Extremity of Blakeney Point ... ... .., 489 Diagram of Extremity of Blakeney Point 491 Diagram of Headland of Blakeney Point 499 Pelvetia marsh on Headland of Blakeney Point facing 500 A Lateral Bank and Dunes of Blakeney Point between pp. 500 and 501 View of part of Blakeney Point ... ,, „ „ Terns’ Breeding-ground on Blakeney Point ... „ „ ,, Terminal of the Long Hills Bank, Blakeney Point „ „ „ Sketch Map of the Hood, Blakeney Point 531 Views of Blakeney Point ... ... ... facing 542 Map of Rainfall in Norfolk. August 25 26, 1912 ... „ 551 Norwich Flood Levels 557 No. 8, Tombland, Norwich 649 Portrait of Robert Forby 682 Attitudes in Courtship of the Mallard 696 Ditto 695 Attitudes in Courtship of the Ferruginous Duck and Golden-eye Duck ... ... ... ... ... facing 696 Attitudes in Courtship of the Common
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