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NATURE NOTES. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
The fund towards clearing off the debt of £70, owing to the hon. treasurer, 
now amounts to ;^5i i8s. The following members have sent donations between 
November 14th and December 13th — Miss Graham, Mrs. Gibbins, Mrs. Gibson, 
Miss Henty, Miss Forssteen, Miss Hinchcliffe, Miss Hopkins, Miss Ormerod, 
Miss Nevill, Mrs. Peyton, Miss Ranken, Miss Slingsby, Miss Hitchcock, Miss 
Marten, Lady Rothschild, Mrs. Sturge, Miss Waring, Mrs. Steer, Lady Robinson, 
Miss French, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Simpson, Miss A. M. Bullock, Mrs. Corke, 
Mr. A. J. Hearne, Mrs. Lynn Lynton, Mrs. Wrigley, Miss Hibbert, Miss 
Nicholl, Mrs. Middlemore, Mrs. Lowther, Mrs. Gibson, Mr. A. PI. Macpherson, 
the Misses Debenham, Mrs. Ormerod, Mr. C. E. Wright, Miss Gardiner, Miss 
Saunders, Mrs. Carter, and Mr. Pemberton Carter. In addition to the above, 
several members have increased the amount of their annual subscription. 
Members are reminded that the minitmnn subscription of half a-crown having 
been found insufficient to defray the expenses of the Society, the following 
resolution was passed at a special general meeting held on July 17th : — “ That the 
miuimtim subscription, entitling new members to the Magazine, be raised to 5s.” 
Field. Club Meetings. — It has been suggested that it would be desirable 
that a Committee of representatives of the London Branches should be formed to 
make arrangements for Field Club Meetings for next season. A preliminary 
meeting to discuss the matter will be held at 9, Adam Street, Adelphi, W.C., 
on Wednesday, February 14th, at five o’clock. 
New Leaflet. — .Mr. Hudson’s recent letter to the Times, entitled 
“Feathered Women,” which appeared in our November issue, has been re- 
printed as a leaflet ; copies can be obtained from the Secretary on application. 
Gilbert White Centenary Memorial. — A sub committee has been 
appointed by the Council to consider what steps shall be taken in this matter. 
Members changing the addresses to which they wish the magazine sent, 
should notify the Secretary not later than the 21st of the month. 
The next meetings of the Council will be held on January 3rd and February 7th. 
The Magazine Sub-committee will meet on January 15th. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Birmingham. — At the request of the Committee of the Selborne Society in 
Birmingham, afree lecture wasdelivered by Professor Windle, D.Sc., M.D., M.A., 
in the theatre of the Midland Institute, on November 28th. The lecture was 
entitled “ Nature’s Nurslings,” being an account of the lives and work of Gilbert 
White and Charles Waterton, and was illustrated by lime-light slides. Alderman 
Lawley Parker, President of the Birmingham Branch, was in the chair. The 
meeting was very successful, the attendance reaching nearly 500. 
Croydon. — A lecture was given by Mr. Edward A. hlartin, Hon. Secretary 
of the Croydon Branch, in Seneca Hall, Thornton Heath, on Tuesday, November 
14th, on the subject of Gilbert White, with special reference to the Selborne 
Society. There was a good audience, and as the outcome of the interest roused in 
the natural history of the neighbourhood, it is proposed to hold a further meeting 
after Christmas, when objects of interest will be exhibited. 
Eastbourne. — Mr. T. Bradfield, of 77, London Road, Eastbourne, whose 
lecture on Gilbert White was referred to in last month’s number, is forming a new 
branch of the Selborne Society for his neighbourhood in connection with the 
Eastbourne Natural History Society. 
Pinner. — A very pleasant meeting of the Pinner Juvenile Branch of the 
Selborne Society was held at the Hall, Pinner, by kind invitation of Mrs. Nugent, 
on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 28th, the Rev. Charles E. Greuside 
being in the chair. Edward A. Martin, Esq., of Thornton Heath, Croydon, was 
good enough to attend and deliver his lecture on “ Gilbert White of Selborne,” 
which he has specially prepared for the encouragement of the main objects of the 
parent Society, and the starting of new branches throughout the country. The 
application of the great naturalist’s teaching w'as made happily intelligible to the 
juvenile portion of Mr. Martin’s audience, and the lecture, which lasted about 
an hour, was listened to with marked attention throughout. 
