May 15, 1891. 
No. 17. Vol. II. 
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A BEECH WOOD IN SPRING. 
By Mrs. Brightwen. 
THE THRUSH : A SONNET. 
By Professor C. Tomlinson, F.R.S. 
THE WAKING OF THE BIRDS: A SONNET. 
By the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley, M.A. 
NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF RARE 
PLANTS IN BRITAIN. 
By the Right Rev. Bishop Mitchinson, D.D. 
THE CLOSE TIME FOR SEA BIRDS. 
By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. 
THE ORLETON SWIFTS: A LETTER TO LORD 
SELBORNE. 
By Aubrey Edwards. 
SELBORNI ANA. 
1 Bibliography of Gilbert White. 
Guidance in Organised Observation. 
A Suggestion from the Saturday Review. 
Selborne Leaflets. 
The Great Skua Gull. 
“ Distribution of Rare Plants ’’ and “ Field Botany." 
Evolution. 
'The River Bank at Richmond. 
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