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NATURE NOTES. 
Turtledove, April 23rd 
Landrail, April 
September 19th 
September 20th 
September 7th 
August 
August 23rd 
Redstart, April 20th... 
Sedge-warbler, May 3rd 
Nightingale, April 16th 
Grasshopper-warbler, April 20th 
Flycatcher, May 
End of Summer 
September 
October 26th 
Wheat-ear, April nth 
Whinchat, May 4th ... 
OFFICIAL NOTICES, &c. 
Tiie object of the Selborne Society is to unite lovers of Nature for common 
study and the defence of natural objects (birds, plants, beautiful landscapes, &c.) 
against the destruction by which they are constantly menaced. The minimum 
Annual Subscription (which entitles the subscriber to a monthly copy of the 
Society’s Magazine) is 2s. 6d. All particulars as to membership may be obtained 
from the Secretary of the Selborne Society, 9, Adam Street, Adelphi, W.C. 
The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on Thursday, 
May 1st, at 3 o’clock, at the Burlington Hall , 23, Savi/e Bow, London , IV. All 
Subscribing Members of half-a-crown and upwards, who have paid their sub- 
scription to a Branch, or to the Honorary Secretary of the Council, are eligible 
to the offices of the Society, and qualified to vote at the General Meeting. 
Several alterations in the Rules of the Society will be recommended by the 
Council for adoption by the members at the Annual Meeting. Of these the most 
important is the following addition to Rule 8 : — “ Representatives of Branches 
shall be elected in the proportion of one Representative to each 50 members ; but 
every Branch shall have at least one Representative. It shall be allowable for 
any Representative, not residing in London, to vote by proxy duly authorised in 
writing.” 
In answer to the notice in the last number of Nature Notes as to back 
numbers of the Selborne Magazine, Miss Huish has kindly sent us, from Torquay, 
some copies which we have distributed. Mr. Wakefield, 41, Lancaster Park, 
Richmond, late honorary secretary of the Lower Thames Valley Branch, and Miss 
Hope, 14, Airlie Gardens, Campden Hill, hon. secretary of the Kensington 
Branch, write to say that they have copies of the required numbers for disposal. 
It is hoped that the whole of the remaining stock of the Selborne Magazine will 
shortly be obtainable by members at the offices of the Society. 
We have received some kind promises of Subscriptions to the proposed 
Magazine Fund, but they are not as yet sufficient in amount to warrant the pro- 
posed enlargement, and indeed it does not seem just that the great mass of 
Members should accept a boon at the expense of a few liberal ones. The sugges- 
tion has been made from several sources, that those Members who are whiling 
to pay an extra shilling in their yearly subscription, for the purpose of providing 
the increased space desired, should signify the same by means of a post-card. 
Those who already pay more than the minimum subscription might express their 
desire to devote a shilling of their subscription to the Magazine Fund. This 
would be of course a purely voluntary’ arrangement, but somewhat on the same 
lines as the decision of the Lower Thames Valley Branch at their Annual 
Meeting, to send a recommendation to the Council that the minimum Sub- 
scription, entitling Members to the receipt of the Magazine, should be 3s. 6d. 
The objection to the suggestion which has been made of obtaining a revenue by 
additional advertisements, is that any increase of more than four pages would 
double the cost of the postage of the Magazine. 
Although “ Selborniana ” takes up this month a much larger proportion of 
the Magazine than usual, several Letters and Communications are crowded out 
for want of space. It is particularly requested that subscriptions, and letters 
bearing on the general business of the Society, should not be forwarded to the 
Editors. Editorial communications should be addressed to the Rev. Percy 
Myles, i, Argyle Road, Ealing, W. 
