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SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Council Meeting. — The usual monthly meeting of the Council will be 
held at 20, Hanover Square, W., on Wednesday, December 10, at 5.30 p.m. 
New Members. ^ — Reuben G. Kestin, Esq., South Norwood Park; Miss 
Lydia M. Webb, Nottingham Place, W. ; Miss G. M. Boys, Brighton ; Mrs. 
Fanny Butcher, Hampstead. 
Donations and Subscriptions. — The Council beg to acknowledge the 
following subscription over 5s. : the Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart E. Grant 
Duff, G.C.S.I., &c., los. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Batb. — Col. H. M. Skrine, J.P., has kindly consented to become President 
of the Bath Branch in succession to his father, Mr. Henry Duncan Skrine, who 
founded this Branch in 1887 and w'as its esteemed President till his death. 
Rother Valley. — On November 14, Professor Boulger gave a lecture on 
“ Gilbert White and his modern followers,” illustrated by lantern slides, before 
the Petersfield Debating Society, on behalf of the branch. 
SELBORNE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 
Saturday, December 13.— Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, 
S.W. (Geological Department). Meet Mrs. Percy Myles in the Central 
Hall, 2 to 2.15. Dr. A. Smith Woodward, Keeper of the Department, ha.s 
kindly undertaken to talk to the Selbornians about “South American Fossil 
Mammals.” 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
H. J. Driscoll. The small gnats, which we hope to name next month, are 
certainly bred in the water. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
1. All communications for Naturk Notes must be authenticated with name 
and address, not necessarily for publication. 
2. The return of an unaccepted contribution can only be guaranteed when it 
is accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope. We cannot undertake to 
name specimens privately, to return them, or to reply to questions by letter. 
3. All communications for any number must be in the Editor’s hands by the 
lOth of the preceding month. 
4. Communications for Nature Notes, books for review, specimens for 
naming, &c., should be addressed to the Editor, Professor Boulger, F.L.S., 
F.G.S., II, Onslow Road, Richmond, Surrey. 
5. For the supply of the Magazine to others than members address the 
publishers, Messrs. John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, Ltd., 83-89, Great 
Titchfield Street, London, W. 
6. Letters connected with the business of the Society, subscriptions, &c., should 
be addressed to the Secretary, Mr. R. Marsiiman Waitson, 20, Hanover 
Square, W. 
