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SELBORNIANA. 
Bibliography of Gilbert White. — The Editor wishes to apologise for 
his inability to personally thank the many kind friends who have responded to his 
request for aid in this work, which has unfortunately made but little progress, 
owing to his prolonged illness. Meanwhile the design is not abandoned, and he 
hopes to utilise as soon as possible the valuable material placed at his disposal. 
His thanks are specially due to the Earl of Stamford, who has sent (through his 
relative, Mrs. Martelli, a member of the White family) a very full genealogy' 
of Gilbert White; to Mr. Henry Barry Hyde, F.S.S., who has communicated 
some researches on the genealogy of Anne Hyde, grandmother of Gilbert White ; 
to the Rev. Henry Charles White, B.A., who has taken much trouble in trans- 
cribing some of the MSS. of Gilbert White in the British Museum ; to Mrs. 
Brightwen, The Grove, Great Stanmore, for the loan of valuable books; to Mr. 
Thomas Pole, Fernside, East Molesey, for the loan of an interesting annotated 
copy of the second edition of the Natural History of Selborne , formerly in the 
possession of Professor Thomas Bell, and to Mr. J. E. Harting, F.L.S., 
Librarian of the Linnean Society, Editor of one of the most valuable editions of 
Gilbert White. Further information is hoped for from Mr. W. White, F.S.A., 
the ecclesiastical architect, a member of the Council of the Selborne Society ; and 
from the Rev. Edmund Field, of Lancing College, Sussex, who has the reputa- 
tion of being the chief living authority on the traditions of the White family and 
of its most illustrious member. 
If any other readers of Nature Notes have in their possession MSS., books 
or information connected with Gilbert White or with Selborne, communications 
from them will be gladly welcomed, and MSS. and books entrusted to the Editor’s 
care will be safely returned. 
The lecture prepared for delivery at the Richmond Athenaeum on “Gilbert 
White, his Life, Surroundings, and Influence” has been obliged to be postponed 
on account of the same reason — the illness of the lecturer. 
The Editor wishes to thank those who have very kindly promised to facilitate 
his researches in the Selborne Country, especially Miss Alice Lushington, of 
Kingsley, General Parr, the present occupier of “The Wakes,” Gilbert White’s 
house, and Miss W. M. E. Fowler, the Hon. Sec. of the “ Gilbert White 
(Selborne and Liphook) Branch of the Selborne Society. He does not despair ot 
being able to avail himself of their kind offers at some future date. 
Guidance in Organised Observation.— In response to our suggestion 
in the last number of Nature Notes (p. 63) Mr. Arthur Holte Macpherson sends 
us the following : — 
Points to be noted in connection zvith Birds. 
(1) Nesting. 
(a) Date (i.) When first seen building. 
(ii. ) When eggs laid. 
(iii. ) When young hatched. 
(iv. ) When young leave nest. 
{/>) Number of eggs. 
(< ) Variations, or peculiarities in eggs. 
(d) Variations, or peculiarities in nest. 
(2) Pood. — Notes should be made, where practicable, on the food eaten by 
birds (the larder of the Red-backed Shrike, for instance, should be 
carefully examined.) 
(3) Migration. 
(a) Dates of first appearances of migratory birds. 
(b) Dates of last appearances. 
[N.B. — Taking dates of last appearances is not often 
done, because it is apt to be tedious, and one has often 
to take many notes in order to ascertain a “ positively 
last appearance.”] 
(c) State of weather, and direction of wind at time of migration. 
(d) Direction of migration. 
(e) Manner of migration (i.e. , whether performed singly or in 
flocks). 
