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tlbc Selborne Society’s 
No. 173. MAY, 1904. VoL. XV. 
OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
To promote the study of Natural History. To preserve from 
needless destruction such wild animals and plants as are harm- 
less, beautiful, or rare. To discourage the wearing and use for 
ornament of: (i) The skins and furs of such animals as are 
in danger of being e.xterminated ; (2) birds and their plumage, 
except when the birds are killed for food, reared for their 
plumage, or are known to be injurious. To protect places and 
objects of natural beauty or antiquarian interest from ill- 
treatment or destruction. To afford facilities for combined effort 
in promoting any of the above or kindred objects. 
SELBORNIANA. 
Annual Meeting and Conversazione. — The arrangements- 
for the evening of Friday, 27th inst., so far as they are yet 
completed, are as follows: Annual Meeting, for Members only, 
at 7.30 p.m., in the Small Hall of the Offices of the Civil 
Service Commission, Burlington Gardens, New Bond Street. 
Address by the President, the Right Hon. Lord Avebury, at 
8 p.m., in the Theatre. Lecture, with lantern illustrations, 
on “ P'lowers and their Insect Visitors,” by Professor Bentley, 
at 8.30, in the Theatre. A second Lecture, not yet finally 
arranged, at 9.30, also in the Theatre. During the evening, 
microscopes and various other objects of interest will be on 
exhibition in the Large Hall. We are indebted to the Civil 
Service Commissioners for their kind permission to use the 
Theatre and Halls. 
Preserving Natural Beauty. — France, the home of the 
Arts, is going to set us an example in regard to the preservation 
