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NATURE NOTES. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Donations to Magazine and Leaflet Fund. — The Council acknow- 
ledges with many thanks the receipt of the following donations : — Miss C. B. 
Marshall 5s., North Somerset Branch 73. 6d., Mrs. .Sturge 2s., Mrs. Turle 3s. 6d. 
Bibliography of Gilbert White. —Any member who may happen to 
possess the third and fifth editioits of Selborne. with Capt. Thomas Brown’s notes, 
is requested kindly to communicate with .Mr. Martin at the offices of the Society. 
Field Club Saturday Rambles.— 
September 7. — To meet at Box Hill Station 3.31 p.m. for ramble over Box Hill 
(Victoria 2.14, London Bridge 2.18). Guide, Mr. T. A. Uymes. 
September 14. — To meet at Chingford 3.8 p.m. (Liverpool Street 2.32, Clapton 
2.48), thence over fields to Chigwell. Tea at King’s Head. Day return tickets ; 
Liverpool Street is., Clapton 8d. 
September 21. — To meet at Hounslow and Whitton Station 3.6 p.m., thence 
to Whitton Park, and Gravel Pits if time. (Waterloo 2.30, Kew Bridge 2.57.) 
Return fare Waterloo is. 6d. Guide, Mr. Field. 
September 28. — To meet at Bruce Grove Station (G.E.R.) 2.40 p.m. 
(Liverpool Street 2.17), thence via Tottenham Church to Southgate by field 
paths. Tea at Cherry Tree, Southgate, 5.30. Returning to Winchmore Hill 
Station (G.N.R.) via Winchmore Hill Wood. 
October 5. — Fungus Foray. To meet at Wood .Street Station (Walthamstow) 
3 p.m. fLiverpool Street 2.34, Clapton 2.45), thence via St. Peter’s Church and 
Waterworks, through forest to Chingford. Tea at Forest Hotel about 5 p.m. 
Guide, Mr. F. W. Hildyard. Day return ticket to Chingford —Liverpool Street 
IS., Clapton 8d. Members who wish to identify specimens and consult authorities 
on fungi are invited by Mr. Hildyard, after the foray, to the Shuttleworth Club, 
Fye Foot Lane, Queen Victoria Street. 
Council and Committee Meetings.— At the Council Meeting on Aug. 
6, a resolution was passed by which the Hon. Secretary of the Field Club Com- 
mittee will henceforward be, ex-officio, a member of the Magazine and Leaflet 
Committee. The Council will meet on September 3, and October i, at 5.30 
p.m. ; the Magazine and Leaflet Committee on .September 18, and October i6, at 
5.30 p.m. ; the Finance Committee on September 18, and October 16, at 6.30 
p.m. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Abinger and Shore. — Miss L. M. Forster, the Hon. Secretary, has issued 
a circular letter inviting those resident in the neighbourhood to interest themselves 
in the recently formed branch. Ladies and gentlemen who reside in Shere, Peas- 
lake, Holmbury, or Abinger, and who wish to become members, are requested to 
communicate with the Hon. Secretary, at West Hackhurst, Abinger, Dorking. 
Croydon. — ^The Council hears with pleasure that a movement is on foot with 
a view to action being taken by the Croydon County Council, in conjunction with 
other county authorities, for the inclusion in the schedule under the Wild Birds’ 
Protection Act, 1894, of certain birds that require protection. 
New Branches. — The formation of new branches is in contemplation at 
Glasgow and Great Kimble. 
