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NATURE NOTES 
Saturday, February 9. — Twenty-two members were conducted over the 
church of S r. Bartholomew the Great, Smti hfielu, by the rector, the Rev. 
Sir Borradaile Savory, who in addition to pointing out the architectural features 
of the building, gave a charming account of the various personages connected 
with the church. As is usual on these occasions, the members contributed to the 
restoration fund. 
Saturday, March 9. — Chufch and Other buildings in the Temple. — 
Enter the Temple by Middle Temple Lane in Fleet Street, opposite Chancery 
Lane, and meet Mrs. Percy Myles in the cloisters near the church at 2.30. Mr. 
F. Downing, member of the Council, has kindly undertaken to act as guide. 
Saturday, March 23.— Natural History Museum (Botanical De- 
partment). Meet Mrs. Percy Myles in the Central Hall at 2.15. Mr. V. II. 
Blackman, of the museum, has kindly consented to give a demonstration on 
xerophytic and cryptogamic plants. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Birmingham and Midland. — The Rev. Dr. Dallinger, F.R.S., gave a 
lecture on lanuary 31, at the Midland Institute, under the presidency of 
the Lord ISIayor of Birmingham, on “ Beauty Considered as a Constructive 
Element in Minute Nature.” 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
C. L. Hett. — It is undoubtedly most desirable that accurate and long- 
continued records should be kept of the dates of the arrival of migratory birds ; 
but we doubt the advisability of devoting any of our scanty space to isolated 
records. 
Rev. Maurice C. H. Bird. — Unfortunately a lecture which only occupies 
an hour in delivery would fill many pages of Nature Notes. 
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