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Nature Notes: 
THE SELBORNE SOCIETrS MAGAZINE. 
No. 223. 
JULY, 1908. 
VoL. XIX. 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT, 1907-1908. 
Adopted at the Annual Meeting, June 26, 1908. 
I. — General. 
Gilbert White . — The manuscript of “The Natural History of 
Selborne,” which was exhibited at the Soiree in 1907, and tlien 
insured for ;^i,ooo, changed hands at Sotheby’s a couple of 
months later for ^750. 
In Nature Notes for April, 1908, a letter from Gilbert 
White to Sir Joseph Baidrs, which had hitherto only been pub- 
lished in part, was through the courtesy of Mr. Rashleigli Holt- 
Wiiite printed in full. 
The Annual Conversazione.— In the June number of Nature 
Notes a detailed account was given of the Conversazione at 
which more than a thousand members and their friends were 
present. The President’s remarks on The Importation of 
Plumage Prohibition Bill and the address by Sir Harry John- 
ston on “ The Preservation of Beauty in English Scenery,” 
printed in the same number of the Magazine, are of special 
importance. 
Illness of Mrs. Percy Myles . — Owing to a serious illness, Mrs. 
Percy Myles was not present as has been her custom for very 
many years at every meeting of the Council, but members will 
be glad to hear that she has so far recovered as to take her 
usual place once more. 
II. — The Study of Natural History. 
Nature Study . — The Honorary Secretary has continued to 
serve on the Executive of the Country in Town Exhibition, 
which has now become an annual affair, and the Honorary Libra- 
rian retains his position as a member of the Executive of the 
School Nature Study Union. Mr. Webb also has been elected 
as a member of the Executive of the Parents’ National Educa- 
