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NATURE NOTES 
Hampstead Branch. — Samuel Lithgow, Esq. ; C. T. Owen, Esq. ; Mrs. M. L. 
Prochondrick. 
Subscriptions. — The Council has pleasure in acknowledging subscriptions 
of greater value than 5s. from the following members: C. A. Canton. Esq., 
ios. 6d. : Mrs. Broonrhead-Colton-Fox, 10s. 6d. ; Miss Broomhead-Colton-Fox, 
ios. 6d. ; A. L. H. Townsend, Esq., ios. 6d. : Dr. Treutler, ios. ; Mrs. Treutler, 
ios. 
The Committee of the Ealing Branch has pleasure in acknowledging sub- 
scriptions of greater value than 5s. from the following members : W. Wray 
Skilbeck, Esq., ios. 6d. ; Mrs. Wray Skilbeck, ios. 6d. 
The Committee of the Hampstead Branch has pleasure in acknowledging a 
subscription of greater value than 5s. from Mrs. M. L. Prochondrick, £1 is. 
Library. — The Honorary Librarian will attend at 20, Hanover Square, from 
6 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., on the evenings of June 1 8th and July 16th, for the purpose 
of issuing books to members. 
The Honorary Librarian has pleasure in announcing the following additions 
to the Library, all kindly presented by the Editor: “Bulletin of the British 
Ornithologist’s Club on Migration in 1905”; “Homeland Handbook, Dor- 
chester” (Dorset); “Gilbert White’s “Natural History of Selborne,” re- 
arranged by Chas. Mosley; “Nature Knowledge in Modern Poetry,” by 
Alexander Mackie : “ Notes from Nature’s Garden,” by Frances A. Bardswell. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES AND AFFILIATED 
SOCIETIES. 
Wales and Monmouthshire. — In 1905, at a meeting held in the Guild 
Hall of Carmarthen, a Society known as the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian 
Society and Field Club was founded. As stated in the Prospectus: “The 
object of the Society shall be the practical study of Natural History, Archaeology, 
Art, Literature, and other kindred subjects, as far as they pertain to Carmarthen- 
shire, and the encouragement of such studies by any means that may seem 
desirable.” The methodical manner in which this work is carried out is shown 
by the fact that a weekly column of Notes, contributed by members and edited 
by the Honorary Secretary, appears in the Welshman ; rambles and excur- 
sions are organised ; and, during the winter, lectures are arranged. As will be 
seen, these objects and methods are very similar to those of the Selborne Society, 
and the Carmarthenshire Society has now become affiliated to the Selborne 
Society. This result has been brought about mainly through the good offices 
of the Honorary Secretary of the Carmarthenshire Society, the Rev. M. H. 
Tones, B.A., who has been untiring in urging his Society to affiliate with ours. 
Excursions. 
Saturday, April 21. — Fourteen members assembled at Coulsdon for the first 
ramble of the season in spite of somewhat unpromising weather, and were re- 
warded for their courage by a delightful walk and nearly perfect weather. Pro- 
ceeding over Farthing Downs but few flowers were seen, but the delicate greens 
of the budding foliage and the extensive views of the hill scenery were charming. 
On entering Devilsden Woods, how’ever, great quantities of spring flowers were 
found. Under the hedges the sweet Moschatel was in full bloom. After tea 
at the “ Old Fox ” Inn on Coulsdon Common, the leisurely return to the station 
was graced by the full chorus of birds, including the strain of that sweetest of 
songsters, the Nightingale, several of which species were singing in the gathering 
dusk, though they had not yet attained to their full song. 
Saturday, April 28. — Under the leadership of Mr. Douglas Wilson, seventeen 
members and friends visited Chipperfield Common, going by fieldpath from 
King’s Langley. Wild flowers w : ere not evident in great profusion, but the 
blackthorn was still snowed over with blossom, and the banks beneath were 
starred with pale Primroses and scentless Violets. Under the hedge coverts 
shoots of the Lesser Periwinkle bravely pierced the thick carpet of dead leaves, 
and strewed the ground with trails of vivid green flecked with purple flowers. 
Chipperfield Common, with its huge bushes of Furze covered with Nature’s gold, 
its Junipers bearing both flowers and fruit, and its fine Scotch firs, need fear no 
comparison. Owing to its guarded recesses formed by dense prickly masses of 
