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NATURE NOTES 
setting up some sort of vibration ; or, possibly, different densities of air causing a 
similar disturbance, that acts on the ear in the same way as sound waves ? It is 
to me an interesting topic and I should like to know if other readers of Nature 
Notes have had experience of this curious phenomenon. 
Stourbridge. Francis Gibbons. 
17. Four Bloomings in One Year.— At the present time, violets, roses 
and primroses are to be seen in full bloom in the Sutton Bridge district of Lin- 
colnshire. A bay tree is now putting forth its buds in the same locality, and at 
the neighbouring town of Long Sutton an apple-tree, which has already blos- 
somed and fruited three times, is now in bloom for a fourth time this year. 
The above appears in the Standard of 23rd ult. Is the statement with 
regard to the apple-tree a possible occurrence ? — W. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Council Meetings. — At the Council Meeting held on November 23, the 
Executive had under consideration the reply from the Irish Office with reference 
to the alleged destruction of sea birds, which is given in another column. 
Extracts from the press, of matters of interest to the Society, classified under 
several headings, were placed in the hands of seven members of the Council for 
examination and report. The Council would be pleased if members would send 
any such notices to the Secretary. 
The usual monthly meeting of the Council will be held at 20, Hanover 
Square, W., on Monday, January 25, at 5.30 p.m. ; and the Publications Com- 
mittee on Tuesday, January 12, 5.30 p.m. 
New Members. — Miss E. S. Bryant, Higher Broughton ; Edward Greenly, 
Esq., Achnashean ; B. V. G. Copp, Esq., Wimbledon ; Miss Robertson, Edgbaston ; 
Miss B. II. Franklin, Bedford; Nathanial Shaw, Esq., Howden ; Miss Constance 
Pearce and INIiss Fanny Pearce, Camden Road, N.W. ; Rev. II. Gow, B.A., 
Hampstead; Arthur T. Cummings, Esq., Sherborne Lane, E.C. ; D. B. Morris, 
Esq., Stirling; Jas. Walker, Esq., and Mrs. Walker, Hampstead; Cecil 
Momber, Esq., East Finchley; Frank Podmore, Esq., M.A., Hampstead; Miss 
Edith Nicols, Hampstead ; Miss Mildred Fletcher, Walton-on-llill. 
Subscriptions. — The Council beg to acknowledge the following subscrip- 
tions over 5s. H. Chipperfield, Esq., los. ; Harry Sirr, Esq., I2s. (2 years); 
E. Kay Robinson, Esq., los. ; Arthur T. Cummings, Esq., 21s. 
Donations. — Rev. A. R. Miles, 2s. 6d. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Clapton. — The November meeting of the Branch was held on Saturd.iy, 23, 
at Sigdon Road Board School, Hackney Downs, when Miss A. S. Philpott read 
a paper entitled “A Homely and Unscientific Chat on Shells.” The paper, 
which was illustrated by a large and beautiful exhibit of various English and 
foreign shells, was greatly enjoyed by those present, and a hearty vote of thanks 
was accorded to Miss Philpott for her interesting and instructive contribution. 
East Riding. — At the Nature Study Exhibition, held at Beverley, Novem- 
ber 21, the Rev. W. U. Wood Rees, Hon. Sec., was kindly allowed to give an 
address on the aims and objects of the Selborne .Society. 
Hampstead. — On December 16, Mr. Oliver G. Pike, the well-known 
ornithologist, delivered a lecture to Branch members and their friends at the 
Subscription Library, Prince Arthur Road, N.W. The title of Mr. Pike’s address 
was “ Pictures from Bird-land,” and the lOO or so of lantern slides with which he 
accompanied his remarks commanded general admiration and elicited frequent 
applause. For about an hour and a quarter Mr. Pike held the undivided 
attention of his audience as he took them with his slides to different parts of the 
