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at Euston, is. gd. return. Tea at Keeper’s Cottage. Walking distance, 7 
miles. Return trains leave Watford at 7.50 and 8.35. Guide, Mr. W. Percival 
Wekell, P'.L.S., M.B.O.U. 
Saturday, July 13. — Visit to the Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary. Members 
desiring to attend must apply to the Excursions Secretary, before July 10, 
enclosing a stamped envelope and a remittance of is. to cover cost of tea. As 
the Sanctuary Committee does not wish to publish the exact locality of the 
Sanctuary, details will be sent only to those who apply as above. 
Saturday, July 20. — Coulsdon and Farthing Downs. Train leaves London 
Bridge (S.E.Ry.), at 2.20 p.m., Charing Cross at 2.12 p.m. Take return tickets 
to Coulsdon, 2s. Guide, Mr. Matthew Hunt. 
Saturday, July 27. — Marlow and Skirmitt. Visit, by kind invitation, to the 
menagerie of British Carnivorous Mammals (wild cats, martens, badgers) 
belonging to Mr. Alfred Heneage Cocks, M.A., F.S.A., F.S.S. Train 
leaves Paddington at 2 p.m. Members will drive from Marlow to Skirmitt 
and back, fourteen miles. Members wishing to attend must notify the 
Excursions Secretary before July 23, enclosing remittance of 5s. gd. to cover 
cost of train and drive. The Excursions Secretary will take all tickets and 
meet members on the platform at Paddington ten minutes before the departure 
of the train. 
Saturday, August 3. — No excursion, on account of the August Bank Holiday. 
All communications with regard to Excursions should be addressed to Mr. 
H. H. Poole, Hojiorary Excursions Secretary, at 16, Heathcote Street, W.C. 
We are asked to announce that there is to be an all-day excursion from 
London to Wrothanr (for Ightham), on Monday, August 5, visiting Ightham 
Mote and Church, and also the celebrated fissures and rock shelters. The district 
abounds in geological and antiquarian interest. 
All members of the Selborne Society are invited to join. Those wishing to 
do so should write, by July 20, to Mr. K. W. Mumford, of Kirby Lodge, Hardy 
Road, Blackheath, who will furnish all particulars. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Lady Jenkyns. — The oak twig was attacked by two galls, the currant- 
gall of Neuroterus baccarum on the catkin, and the woolly gall of Andricus 
ramuli at its base. The latter is the less common. 
Mrs. Needham. canadensis. 
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Professor G. S. Boui.ger, F.L.S., F.G.S., 11, Onslow Road, Richmond, Surrey. 
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