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XEbe Sclborne Sodet'g’s ^IDaoajine. 
No. 150. 
JUNE, 1902. 
VoL. XIII. 
SELBORNIANA. 
Objects of the Society. — To preserve from unnecessary 
destruction such wild birds, animals, and plants as are harmless, 
beautiful, or rare. To discourage the wearing, and use for 
ornament, of birds and their plumage ; except when the birds are 
killed for food or reared for their plumage. To protect places 
and objects of antiquarian interest or natural beauty from ill- 
treatment or destruction. To promote the study of natural 
history. 
Annual Meeting. — Our report of this is necessarily held 
over until the July number. 
Bird and Tree Day. — We have received from the Society 
for the Protection of Birds the Regulations and Conditions of 
the first annual competitions open to elementary schools in the 
East Riding of Yorkshire and in Berkshire for Challenge Shields 
and Prizes in connection with Bird and Tree Day. The day is 
to be in November and essays on birds and trees are to be 
written in September. No bird is to be taken or killed, no nests 
to be destroyed, and no eggs to be collected for the purposes of 
this competition, and any child breaking this rule will render 
the whole team sent in by the school liable to be disqualified. 
A detailed list of points to be noted in the essays are given in 
the two leaflets of rules. The King’s birthday, November 9, has 
been suggested as a suitable date for tree planting, but it falls 
on a Sunday this year and Sir George Kekewich officially 
deprecated the making of an addition school holiday for this 
fete, so, perhaps, Saturday the 8th would be most suitable. 
We hope this introduction of the competitive element will not 
confine Bird and Tree Day to elementary schools. We should 
