NATURAL HISTORY NOTES 
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ilay sunshine ? We have had a small tortoise-shell butterfly in our batli-room 
from October till the second week in April, quite asleep and unaffected by gas and 
steam, till one warm day it awoke, when it was removed to the conservatory, as 
being a safer and more congenial place, from which after a day or two it dis- 
appeared, but I have often known the small tortoise-shell {Vanessa urtica) winter 
indoors, but their spring life is short, and they soon die. 
Teignmouth, Devon. C- E. Fari.EY. 
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Council Meetings. — The 
next meetings of 
the 
Council 
wir 
be held at 
20, Hanover Square, on Tuesdays, June 5 and 19, at 5.30 p.m. 
FIELD CLUB RAMBLES. 
April 21 . — The first outing of the Field Club took place in beautiful weather, 
when a party of fifteen members and friends, under the leadership of Mr. C. 
Nicholson, enjoyed a pleasant ramble in the neighbourhood of Chingford. On 
leaving the station the party proceeded across the plain, and through the fields 
behind the “ VVModman” to Gilwell Lane. In some fields close to Yardley Plill, 
the new addition to the Forest, a number of cowslips w'ere gathered, and the party 
then wended their way, via Sewardstone Green, field paths, and Bury Wood, to 
the Royal Forest Hotel, where tea was taken about 6 p.m., after which many of 
the party returned home. Some, however, remained to listen to the nightingales 
about Connaught Water, where they are always to be heard in some numbers at 
this time of year. 
April 28. — The second ramble took place on April 28, when .Sundridge Park 
Station was the place of meeting. The weather was fine, and a most delightful 
walk was taken to Chislehurst Common via Sundridge and Camden Parks, now 
unfortunately falling into the hands of the builder. After tea a most delightful 
stroll through the orchards of Perry Street and St. Mary Cray brought a most 
successful afternoon to a conclusion. The guide was Mr. A. B. Wilkinson. Seven 
members were present. 
May 5. — Kew Gardens. In conjunction with the Battersea Field Club and 
the Hampstead Astronomical and Scientific Society, the party numbered si.xty, 
and the guide. Professor Boulger, endeavoured to give a peripatetic lecture on 
