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SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Towards Reduction of the Deficit a Vice-President has promised 
a donation of and asks that twenty more will do the same, in order that 
the Society may pay off its indebtedness and commence afresh with a working 
balance. It is earnestly hoped that others will contribute in the same way. An 
immediate response would be greatly valued. 
Special Appeal. —In connection with the Appeal in last month’s Nature 
Notes, the following donations have been received, and are hereby acknow- 
ledged, with the best thanks of the Council : — G. F. Rowe, Esq., i8s. 6d. ; 
Mrs. A. E. F. Barlow, ;^i is. ; Miss L. Marshall, £i. 
Field Club Saturday Rambles 
September 4. — Over the Addington Hills. Meet at Elmers End Station at 
2.58; Cannon .Street, 2.18; London Bridge (S.E.R.), 2.21. Tea at Sandrock 
Hotel, Shirley, about 5. After tea walk over the Hills to Coombe Lane. Take 
single tickets to Elmers End. Guide, .Mr. E. A. Martin. 
September \ — Visit to Kew Gardens. Waterloo, 2.30; Clapham Junction, 
2.40 : Kew Bridge Station, 2. 57. Meet at main entrance to Gardens on Kew 
Green, 3. 15. 
September i8. — Leave Woodside Park Station (G.N. R.) on arrival of train 
leaving Moorgate -Street at 2.50; King’s Cross, 3.2; Finsbury Park, 3. 1 2. 
Thence by Totteridge Common to Mill Hill. Tea at “Adam and Eve,” Mill 
Hill. Return from Mill Hill Station. Guide, Mr. Carpenter. 
September 25. — Leave Chingford Station on arrival of 2.34 train from 
Liverpool Street ; Clapton, 2.45. Thence via High Beach to P'oresters’ Inn, 
where tea at 6 p.m. Day tickets, Liverpool Street, is., Clapton, 8d. Liverpool 
Street tickets are available for return from Loughton ; on tickets from Clapton 
there is a small excess charge. Guide, Mr. Marshman Wattson. 
October 2. — Croham Hurst and Sanderstead. Take return tickets to East 
Croydon. Victoria, 2.35; Thornton Heath, 2.55; London Bridge, 2.25 
(L. B. & S.C. R.). Walk to Ballards Wood, and Croham Hurst, where tea. After 
tea to .Sanderstead, where take train at 7.34. 
A Bibliography of Gilbert White, the Natural Historian and Anti- 
(juarian of Selborne, by Edward A. Marlin, F.G.S., can now be had on applica- 
tion to the Hon. Secretary. The Roxburghe Press, 1897, 8vo, pp. xiii., 274. 
Price 3s. 6d. Published under the auspices of the .Society. 
Council and Committee Meetings 
The next meetings of the Council will be held on Tuesdays, September 7, 
and October 5, at 5.3c : of the Magazine and Leaflet Committee on .September 
21 and October 19, at 5.30 : and of the Finance Committee on September 21 and 
October 19, at 6. 1 5. 
Badges designed by Mr. John Fullwood. Prices: Brooch, 3s. ; solitaire, 
IS. qd. ; pin, is. 6d. ; pendant, is. 6d. These are esjiecially useful as a means 
of identification between Selbornians when taking their holidays, or at country 
Field Club Rambles. 
Price of Selborne Society’s Leaflets. — Members are requested to 
note that the price in future of single-page leaflets will be is. per 100, post free. 
Leaflets. — “The Cruelty of Wearing Ospreys,” by Mr.s. Lichfield; 
“ Feathered Women,” a letter by W. II. Hudson, which appeared in the Timet 
of October 17th, 1893, "■‘ts reprinted in Nature Notes of November, 1893 ; 
“To Boys and Girls;” “The Destruction of Hawks and Owls,” by John 
Cordeaux ; “The New Wild Birds’ Protection Act,” by H. 1). Rawnsley ; 
“How to Start a Branch of the .Selborne Society,” “A Plea for the British 
Butterfly,” by W. F. Kirby. 
Edward A. Martin, F.G.S., 
Hon. Sec. iMa^aziuc ami Leaflet Committee. 
