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SELBORN I AN A. 
“ Nature Notes.” — Our Editor, Professor Boulger, has 
unexpectedly been called upon to inspect some forests in Peru, 
and during his absence the Honorary Secretary of the Selborne 
Society has undertaken to edit Nature Notes. Attention is 
therefore specially directed to the announcement that occurs 
elsewhere in the magazine, to the effect that until further notice 
all editorial communications must be sent to Mr. Wilfred Mark 
Webb, at his private address, Odstock, Hanwell, London, W. 
A First Edition of the Natural History of Selborne. — 
The Council invites donations towards the purchase of a copy 
of the first edition of “ The Natural History of Selborne,” which 
it feels sure should form part of the Society’s Library. Good 
examples have been sold for as much as thirty pounds, but the 
Council has the refusal of an excellent copy in contemporary 
binding at a price which is less than half that mentioned. 
Donations should be sent to the Honorary Secretary as soon as 
possible. 
Field Notes. — We have received from Mr. Gordon Dun- 
kerley, of 5, Orchard Cottages, Kingston-on-Thames, apropos of 
the Rev. E. Woodruffe-Peacock’s article, some specimens of an 
ingenious method of classifying and filing notes. It consists of 
card slips, each with three perforations, and a halfpenny collar 
stud. Fifty cards will be sent by the inventor for a shilling 
postal order, or they may be had at from four to five shillings per 
thousand from the Globe- Wernicke Co. The various sub- 
divisions being threaded on different holes, the set of cards can 
be opened out like a fan, and readily consulted. 
The Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. — The Annual Meet- 
ing of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union will be held at York on 
Saturday, December 15. Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., of 
the Royal Scottish Museum, will deliver his presidential address, 
entitled “Antarctic Bird-Life.” This will be illustrated by a 
fine series of lantern slides from photographs taken during the 
National and Scottish expeditions. Further details can be 
obtained from Mr. T. Sheppard, F.G.S., the Honorary Secretary, 
the Museum, Hull. 
LETTER TO THE EDITOR. 
The Need for Nature Knowledge. 
With reference to Mr. Webb’s letter on “The Need for 
Nature Knowledge,” I was amused some days ago to be told by 
a lady that she had been “ bitten ” by a wasp. She had much 
to say on the subject of wasp “ bites,” and when I suggested 
that wasps “ stung ” she seemed to think the remark of little 
consequence. I may add that the lady in question is particularly 
well informed on most subjects. 
16, Forest Road, Kew. 
Amy Astbury. 
