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THE twenty-sixth report of Gresham's School Natural History Society (1948) has just been received. Membership of the Society totals well over a hundred —an eminently satisfactory number for a school. The Society is divided into Archæological, Astronomical, Botanical, Entomological, Meteorological and Ornithological Sections, all of which carry out valuable field work and present reports and papers to the Society. In the present report there are : (1) a survey of the flora of Holt and district, with an exhaustive list of plants observed ; (2) an account of the surrounding insect fauna, together with lists of Lepidoptera and Orthoptera ; (3) a descriptive account of the birds of the area, with a very comprehensive list and a detailed study of a fulmar colony. Extracts of papers submitted for the Holland–Martin Natural History Prizes (1944–47) are appended. The boys of Gresham's School are to be congratulated on their efficient and very valuable Natural History Society, which obviously encourages practical and field work to the utmost—a fitting basis for later work in natural history, and a great asset in their general education.
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Gresham's School Natural History Society. Nature 162, 484 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162484b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162484b0