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Caradog Field Club.—The second Field Meeting was held at Brampton Brian, July 18th. A paper was read at Coswall Knoll, by the Rev. C. Burrough, supplementary to one read last year at the Gaer Ditches, maintaining the claim of that locality to be considered the scene of Caractucus's last battle. The President read a paper at Brampton Brian Castle, containing extracts from the letters of Lady Brilliana Harley, who was besieged there. Subsequently Dr. Callaway gave an address at Pedwardine on the place of the beds exposed there in the system which his recent investigations have been elucidating. The members dined together at the Craven Arms Hotel.

Dudley and Midland Geological and Scientific Society and Field Club.—The fourth field meeting for the year was held at Rugby, on Thursday, July l5th. Excellent arrangements were made by Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Oldham, and others, of the Rugby School. With the help of various vehicles a long round was accomplished on the borders of the Lias district. After visiting two clay-pits showing good typical sections of the Lower Lias clay overlaid by quartzose and flinty drift. The surface of the clay being in wave-like undulations, sometimes folded over like a crested breaker, the magnificent sections were examined in the Victoria Hydraulic Lime and Cement Works, where great interest was excited by finding some Saurian bones near a fine head which had been removed a few days previously. After gathering numerous fossils and getting a hasty view of the cement-making precess, the way was taken through Holbrook Park to Holbrook Grange, the residence of C. M. Caldecott, Esq., who had kindly arranged on the lawn many fine specimens of bones found in the neighbourhood, some of which are figured in Dr. Buckland's "Reliquiæ Diluvianæ" Many other interesting curiosities were also seen, including flexible sandstone and rare agates, sone of which were presented for the society's museum at Dudley. After passing the remains of old Loughton Hall, King's Newnham Lime Works and a weak chalybeate bath were visited, and good specimens of the upper part of the White Lias were secured, with marks of boring insects as evidence that they once formed the surface. This surface is now covered with Lower Lias Planorbis shale, and this again by red glacial clay, the reasons for the irregular junction of these causing same discussion. After a peep at Newbold-on-Avon Church, a walk through the churchyard led to the Newbold Lime Works, where a very fine section of contorted Lower Lias limestone and shales was seen. Returning to Rugby a welcome luncheon was found set out in the Town Hall for greater commodiousness. Dr. Fraser, the President, thanked those to whom the Society were so much indebted for the day's programme, and then, by permission of Dr. Jex-Blake, the School was visited, where, besides the class rooms, chapel, and houses, and the magnificent close which always has an interest all its own on a half-holiday afternoon, special interest was taken in the Museum and the model of the neighbourhood in course of construction, and a good collection of fossils and other objects, and also in the baths and gymnasium, but particularly in t3he observatory, where members lingered over the valuable instruments used for some of the more abstruse investigations in Astronomy. Equally good arrangements had been made for an afternoon ramble in the opposite direction of Hillmorton, where some more clay-pits, and especially a clay-pit and sand-pit near together with a probable fault running between them in a singular manner were to be seen, also a cutting for widening the railway, by the "Steam Navvy, in a glacial re-formation of Lias; and the Church standing on a sort of island in the midst of deep peat. All these were most attractive objects, but want of time prevented the ramble, although it has since been done by some of the members. The Chester field day and visit to Salt Mines at Northwich premises much interest, and the help of many local residents has been promised. It has, however, been found necessary to postpone it from September 10th and 11th to September 17th and 18th.

Evesham Field Naturalists Club.—An excursion of the Club took place on Wednesday, August 11th, to Buckland, near Broadway. The following botanical specimens were taken during the afternoon:—Eupactis pulustris, Vitia sylvatica, Campanula trachelium, Polystichum aculeatum, Aspidium Fiiix-femina, and Scolopendrium vulgare.