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to find proper food and sufficient for their wants, and no doubt they would meet 
with enemies from which they would find a difficulty in escaping, while their 
colour would expose them to the cruelty of boys, and the snare of the bird- 
catcher. Charles D. Bell, D.D. 
7 Ae Rectory, Cheltenham. 
Nightingales in Surrey. — I have been reading Charles Kingsley’s “A 
Charm of Birds ” in his Prose Idylls, which has created a desire to hear the 
nightingale — a pleasure denied us Northerners. As I hope to spend the third 
week of May “ tramping” about Surrey, could you tell me through the pages of 
your Magazine any likely places where I might hear Philomel ? 
North Shields. J. Dawson. 
[We submitted our correspondent’s inquiry to Mr. J. E. I farting, who 
kindly sends the following reply. \\’e believe nightingales may still be heard in 
Kew Gardens. “Your correspondent should buy a copy of the late Louis Jennings’s 
pleasant volume Field Paths and Green Lanes; being country -walks, chiejly in 
Surrey and Sussex, published by Murray, and if he will follow the routes indi- 
cated in chap. xvii. — Reigate, Gatton Park, and Pilgrim’s Way ; and chap. xix. — 
Ewhurst, Albury and Chilworth, he will doubtless have many opportunities of 
hearing the nightingale, provided that the weather be propitious, and not windy. 
These birds like the still warm weather best, and are to be looked for in tangled 
thickets and copses rather than in open woods, and especially in proximit)' to 
streams with woody banks.”] 
OFFICIAL NOTICES. 
Annual General Meeting. — The date of the Annual General Meeting of 
the Society has been altered to Wednesday, May loth, when it will be held at 
the rooms of the Royal Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, at 8 
o’clock. An address will be given by the President elect, and it is hoped that Sir 
Richard Temple and other prominent Selbornians will be present. The rooms 
of the Royal Society of British Artists now contain the Spring Exhibition of pic- 
tures, which will be open to members and their friends. Mr. J. M. Coward, 
assisted by some well-known artistes, has kindly undertaken to give a concert 
during the evening. The Council hopes that all members who may be in town 
will make a point of being present. 
Excursion to Selborne, June 24TH. — Tickets may now be had of the 
Secretary, 9, Adam Street, Adelphi, W.C. For the railway journey, 4s. ; for 
luncheon, 2s. 6d. ; for the ride, 4s. 6d. Tickets for the ride will be transferable. 
Two persons can take one between them and each ride one way. It is absolutely 
necessary for the efficient working of the excursion that early notice should be 
given to the Secretary by persons wishing to join. Applications should in every 
case be accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope. The excursion is 
not restricted to members of the Society. Any person introduced by a Selbornian 
will be welcomed. 
Badge. — Many members have thought it desirable that they should have some 
badge which may be worn on field days, general meetings, conversaziones, tS:c. 
The Council have adopted the forget-me-not as a suitable token, and this has been 
woven into a design as the badge of the Selborne Society. The Council hopes 
that as many members as possible will order them at an early date, so that they 
may receive them in time for excursion and general meeting. Orders to be sent 
through local secretaries to Mr. Fullwood, Coomb House, .Stanmore Road, 
Richmond, .S.W., or in the case of members unattached to branches, to the 
Secretary, 9, Adam Street, Adelphi, W.C. The price of the brooch will be 3s., 
and of the pin is. 6d. 
A. J. Western, Secretary. 
