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whom we are glad to recognise as our own contributors. The Union 

 has, we understand, existed for some time and publishes an account 

 of its work and of the investigations of its members in the Natura- 

 list and in Lincolnshire Notes and Queries. This Society also is 

 advocating the establishment of a Museum in Lincoln, or rather the 

 acquisition of a better building, in which to keep the collections 

 which have already been brought together. It has therefore the 

 same objects as the Lincolnshire Science Society. There is no 

 doubt an unfortunate distinction between ' Science ' and ' Natural 

 History,' but it does not seem to us that there should be room in 

 the county of Lincoln for two Societies intended to cover almost the 

 same ground. We hope that some way will be found to fuse the 

 energy of the upstart Science Society with the respectability of the 

 older Naturalists' Union. 



Feathers and Females 



We are very glad to see, from various articles in the daily press, in 

 Nature Notes, and elsewhere, that the crusade against the wearing of 

 feathers by the harder-hearted sex is continued with vigour. We 

 only regret that the necessity for this crusade is as great as ever it 

 was. We know very well (what many of the crusaders seem to 

 forget) that these featlier-headed ladies read neither Natural Science, 

 nor Nature Notes, nor even Sir William Flower's articles in the Times. 

 As before, we can only appeal to our readers to do all that is in 

 their power to influence those with whom they are naturally brought 

 in contact. The apparent cruelty is probably due in most cases to 

 mere ignorance, although we must confess that it does not seem to 

 us that the woman who can commit the vulgarity of wearing the un- 

 naturally dyed feathers that have been fashionable of late, would 

 care how much suffering she caused to satisfy her unnatural and 

 ridiculous taste. 



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