May, 1892. 
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A LETTER ABOUT OLD MAY DAY .. .. 8t 
By William Whitwell. 
BROWNING’S “THREE-LEAVED BELL” .. 84 
By the Editor. 
ANTS IN CEYLON 86 
By W. F. E. Liesching. 
THE JEFFERIES MEMORIAL 87 
JACK: A BIOGRAPHY 90 
By Ella F. Conybeare. 
THE FIRST SWALLOW 92 
By the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley. 
A BOOK FOR NATURE LOVERS .. .. 92 
WORDSWORTH AND HIS BIRDS .. .. 95 
SHORT NOTICES OF BOOKS g6 
SELBORNIANA 97 
Shameful Decision with regard to the “Hilly 
Fields." 
A Devoted Dog. 
The Spring Snowflake at Charmouth. 
“ The Tender Heart.” 
The Sparrow. 
Commons Preservation Society. 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES 98 
Nesting Habits of the Blue Tit. 
Some of my Pets. 
A Bat in March. 
Rooks Bur>’ing theirJFood. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES 100 
THE SELBORNE SOCIETY 100 
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS .. .. 100 
Xon&on : 
H. SOTHERAN & Co., 
136, Strand, W.C. & 37, Piccadilly, W. 
Manchester : 49, Cross Street. 
Edited by 
JM^ES BRITTEN, F.L.S. 
PRICE TWOPENCE. 
