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NATURE NOTES. 
Aygynnis Niohe, said to have heen taken in England ; but it is doubtful whether 
reputed British specimens are anything more than varieties of A. Adippe. Polyom- 
matus amyntas (or aryiades), a small tailed blue, occasionally taken in the \Vest 
of England, and possibly indigenous. Dajiaus Aj-chippus, a North American 
species, frequently taken, and which may perhaps become naturalised. Colias 
Phitodice, a North American species, frequently taken fifty or sixty years ago, but 
which did not succeed in establishing itself (this is Colias Europome of old 
authors). Pamphila lineola, undoubtedly British ; but till lately confounded by 
British collectors with the much commoner P. Liitea.^ 
R. M. W . — Euchytiucus vermiailaris. 
E. H. H. — The plant is Clandestina rectijlora, a near ally of our Toothwort 
(Lathriea). 
R. H. R. — Kindly forward name and address, not necessarily for publication. 
W. F. E. L. (Ceylon). — Dr. Bowdler Sharpe says it is impossible to name 
your bird from the description given. He recommends you to consult, if possible, 
Legge’s Birds of Ceylon. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES: WORK OF BRANCHES, &c. 
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their contents these volumes are admirably adapted for the school or parish library, 
and we would urge upon our readers not to neglect so excellent a means for 
advancing the interests which they have at heart. Cases for binding the numbers 
for 1890 and 1891 may be obtained from the .Secretary at the above address, price 
IS. each ; or the numbers will be bound and the case supplied by Messrs. Bale & 
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IS. lod. The name and address of the sender, with stamps to the above amount, 
should be forwarded with the magazines in order to prevent mistakes or delay. 
The Annual Meeting of the Clapton Branch was held on Friday, 26th 
February. The report for 1891 showed a considerable increase in the number of 
members, and the junior section formed last year, for boys and girls under sixteen, 
has been a great success, and numbered about 100 members. For these a lecture, 
illustrated by lantern or specimens, is given on the second Wednesday in each 
month. Dr. F. II. Daly, the President of the Branch, has given a donation of 
one guinea to be offered in prizes to the members of the junior section, and a 
Reference Library is about to be started. Notices were issued during the year 
calling upon excursionists and others to make a proper use of Epping Forest, and 
not to ruthlessly destroy the birds and plants, nor injure the trees and shrubs. 
Dr. Daly, J.P., Messrs. T. J. J. Russell, Gerard Smith, M.R.C.S., and R. Marsh- 
man Wattson, were re-elected to the respective offices of President, Vice-Presi- 
dents, and Secretary. 
At a Committee Meeting of the Birmingham and Midland Branch, held on 
^larch 3rd, it was re.solved “ that Mr. A. W. Wills, of Claregate, Wylde Green, 
near Erdington, be elected Vice-President of the Selborne .Society,” according to 
the rule that any Branch, consisting of as many as 150 members, may elect a Vice- 
President. At the same Meeting it was resolved that a Popular Lecture should be 
given in the Town Hall before Easter, to the Board .School children and teachers, 
and as many of the public as chooses to come, to make more widely known the 
aims and objects of the Society, to be illustrated, if possible, with magic lantern 
slides. 
Mi.ss A. J. S. Giles, of the Red House, Bushey, writes ; — “ I think it might be 
possible to form a Branch here, or at any rate to secure some members if it coukl 
l)e arranged to hold a drawing-room meeting and secure a good speaker. I should 
be willing to lend my room if there seemed to be a prospect of success.” Miss 
Giles would be glad of information as to the best way of arranging such a 
tneeting. 
