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NATURE NOTES 
where do the birds fly to in the evening that spend their day on the Thames be- 
tween bridges? I fancy they pass the night in or near Mucking Flats on the 
north shore of the Thames, below Gravesend, the first wild or desolate tract of 
land found on descending the river. 
32, Shaftesbury Avenue, IV. P. E. Clark, M.C.S. 
January 12, 1900. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Selborne Saturday Afternoons : — 
Saturday, February 10, 1900. — Natural History Museum : Minerals : 2 to 4 
p.m. Meet Mrs. Myles in the Central Hall at 2 p.m. sharp. Guide, Mr. L. 
Fletcher, F.R.S., Keeper of the Department. 
Council Meetings. — The next Council meetings will be held on February 
6 and 20 at S -30 P-™. 
Field Club. — After the Council Meeting on Feb. 6, at 6.15, there will be a 
meeting of the Field Club Committee. All Members of the Selborne Society 
interested in the Field Club Rambles are particularly requested to attend this 
meeting. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Croydon and Norwood. — From the spring syllabus which has just come 
to hand, we note a series of lectures and addresses which have been arranged by 
the Hon. Sec., as well as a preliminary announcement that Rambles will be held 
on the third Saturday in each of the summer months. There being no candidate 
for the post of Honorary Secretary, Mr. E. A. Martin, F.G.S., will continue 
to occupy it, and will for the present attend the Council as Branch Delegate. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
N. C. W. — If not too late, try a drop or two of castor oil administered 
through a quill. 
J. H. D. — We have many junior members — even bairns — to consider, and 
have no wish to encroach on the spheres of Science Gossip, Knowledge, or Nature. 
As it is the organ of the Society any increase in the size of the magazine would 
involve many considerations besides the mere addition of a penny to its price. 
For information as to collecting and preserving plants, get J. M. B. Taylor’s 
“Handbook of Plant Collecting” (^iessrs. Parlane, PaRley). As to insects, 
perhaps Mr. W. F. Kirby’s “ British Butterflies, Moths, and Beetles,” and the 
Rev. J. Greene’s “ Insect-Hunter’s Companion,” both published by Messrs. 
Sonnenschein at is. each, and “The Larvae-Collector’s Guide,” also is., pub- 
lished by Messrs. J. and W. Davis, 31, Hythe Street, Dartford, will serve your 
purpose. 
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