BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. 



No. CXC. 



An Expedition to Selborne, which had been planned in 

 connection with the 21st Anniversary of the Club, did not 

 take place, owing to the death of Dr. Solater. 



A 'Guide to Selborne ' and 'Synopsis of the life of 

 Gilbert White' which had been prepared by Major W. H. 

 Mullens for that occasion, are now issued as a special 

 number of the ' Bulletin.' 



I.— GUIDE TO SELBORNE. 



By W. H. Mullens. 



Presuming the visitor to approach Selborne from Alton * 

 the first object of interest is the Round House. This stands 

 at the junction of the Farringdon-Alton road, and although 

 recently merged in a block of cottages, can still be distin- 

 guished. This ' round house/ which resembles a toll-bar, 

 is one of the surviving lodge gates of Hartley Park, where in 

 Gilbert White's day, resided Sir Simeon Stuart, who is 



* Another very pleasant route is to walk from Tisted station by the 

 footpath which starts by Old Place Farm, through Newton Valence 

 churchyard and over Selborne Common, descending either by the Zigzag 

 or the Borstal to Selborne village. 



{October 21th, 1913.] a vol. xxxiii. 



