IRature IRotes : 
tEbc Sdborne Society’s flDaoasi'ic. 
No. 171. MARCH, 1904. VoL. XV. 
OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
To preserve from unnecessary destruction such wild birds, 
animals and plants as are harmless, beautiful, or rare. To 
discourage the wearing and use for ornament of birds and their 
plumage, except when the birds are killed for food or reared 
for their plumage. To protect places and objects of antiquarian 
interest or natural beauty from ill-treatment or destruction. To 
promote the study of natural history. 
SELBORNIANA. 
Achill Sanctuary. — “ Sir Harry Johnston, in a letter to 
the Times, has recently propounded a scheme for reserving the 
Island of Achill, the largest of the islands off the coast of 
Ireland, for the purpose of preserving all kinds of wild creatures 
in their natural state. The island is about two-thirds of the 
size of the Isle of Wight, and seems in many ways very suitable 
for the purpose. The re-introduction of the red deer and the 
reindeer, who were once inhabitants of the island, is a part of 
the plan. The sportsman will, of course, be wholly banished, 
and the seals and seabirds, who frequent the coast, no less than 
the wild creatures who live on the island, will be left to live out 
their lives in peace. May the plan find favour and be carried 
out soon .” — The Animals' Friend, February, 1904. 
Bird - Protection Orders in Montgomery and West 
Bromwich. — We have received from the Home Office copies of 
orders just issued prohibiting the killing or capture of the 
buzzard, goldfinch, heron, kestrel, kingfisher, kite, owl, red- 
pole or siskin, in Montgomeryshire, and the taking of the eggs 
of buzzard, kestrel, kingfisher, kite or owl ; but excluding the 
house sparrow from the operation of the Act of 1880 within 
