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goat-sucker, godwit, goldfinch, grebe, greenshank, guillemot, gull (except black- 
backed gull), hoopoe, kingfisher, lark, lapwing, loon, mallard, marrot, merganser, 
murre, nighthawk, nightjar, nightingale, oriole, owl, oxbird, oyster catcher, 
peewit, petrel, phalarope, plover, plover’s-page, pochard, puffin, purre, razorbill, 
redshank, reeve or ruff, roller, sanderling, sandpiper, scout, sealark, seamew, sea- 
parrot, sea-swallow, shearwater, shelldrake, shoveller, skua, smew, snipe, solan- 
goose, spoonbill, stint, stonecurlew, stonehatch, summer-snipe, tarrock, teal, tern, 
thick-knee, tystey, whaup, whimbrel, widgeon, wild duck, willock, woodcock, 
woodpecker. (43 & 44 Vic. c. 35.)” 
A Plea for the Primrose.— We wish to renew the plea which we have 
made in previous years to those who wear primroses on April 17th — the death- 
day of Lord Beaconsfield and Mr. Darwin. Many who live in the country send 
primroses to their friends in town ; if they will content themselves with gathering 
the flowers and leaves, no harm will be done, but too often the whole plant is 
grubbed up, “ to make a [London] holiday.” Selbornians should by precept and 
example deprecate this wanton practice. 
Lantern Slides (p. 55). I was much interested in Mr. Bull’s note on this 
subject in your March number, having tried in vain to discover a set of slides on 
British birds. I have therefore begun the formation of such a set, by having 
photographs taken from drawings and engravings, and should be very glad to 
hear of any pictures suitable lor reproduction, especially such as are not copy- 
right. I suppose that Bewick’s answer that condition. I have obtained per- 
mission from the S.l’.C. K. to copy Wolf’s charming brown owl and wood 
pigeon from Johns’ British Birds in their Haunts, and am now anxious to 
borrow an early edition of the work for that purpose. 
IVavertree, Liverpool. (Rev.) J. E. Kelsall. 
Pinner Branch. — The members of this Branch assembled on March Sth 
in good number at Mrs. Loveland’s house, Barrow Point, to hear a discursive 
lecture by the Rev. J. Kirkman on Fungi. The lecturer brought many of the 
chief books on the subject for inspection, and some coloured charts. More im- 
portant, however, was an ample contribution of numerous specimens gathered in 
the neighbourhood and brought by the members. Mr. Kirkman’s address was 
listened to with much interest, and spores of mushrooms, &c., were shown under 
the microscope. Mrs. Bright wen talked pleasantly on several departments of 
organised life, giving, with her specimens, more than enough to set all the 
members thinking and observing until the next meeting. 
Barbed Wire. — A Bill has been brought into Parliament by Mr. A. C. 
Morton, Mr. J. T. Brunner, Mr. John Wilson (Govan), and Mr. Joicey, with the 
object of preventing the use of barbed fences in roads, streets, lanes, and other 
thoroughfares. The penalty for contravention is fixed at ;^lo, and for every 
day thereafter while the offence is continued. 
A Salutary Lesson. — John Thomas Robinson, Arthur Robinson, and 
Isaac Tyrell were charged with damaging a quantity of growing furze at Putney 
Lower-common. Michael Rummey, the common keeper, said he saw the 
prisoners cutting the furze down. They told him they did not know they were 
doing any harm, and that they wanted some sticks for umbrella handles. Jesse 
Reeves, the head common keeper, said a large number of trees on the common 
had been permanently injured. Every stick which could be made into a walking 
stick was taken away. Mr. Denman said there would not be a tree left if that 
kind of -thing were allowed, lie fined prisoners 20s. each, or fourteen days. — 
Standard, February i8th. 
Why Multiply Societies ? — We noticed recently in the Echo a proposal 
to establish a “ Skylark Protection .Society,” to which an amendment was sug- 
gested that it be called “The Songbird Protection Society.” Selbornians would 
be doing good service to the cause by calling the attention of such writers to 
the Selborne Society, which, with the Society lor the Protection of Birds, amply 
covers the ground. Nothing is gained by the multiplication of bodies having the 
same objects in view : “ Union is strength.” 
