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NATURE NOTES 
seems to be a possible means of identification which has not hitherto been much 
followed up. Or do all birds of a kind sing practically alike, and is any such 
deviation only an occasional exception ? 
W. 
53. Address Wanted. — “Severn” writes, asking for the address of 
Mr. Charles D. Head, inventor of a new process of bird-stuffing recently 
described in the Daily Mail. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
[Note. — All Announcements with regard to Meetings of the 
Central Society or Branches will be found together at the end 
OF THESE Notices.] 
New Members. — Central Society . — Miss Bentley, Oxford and Cambridge 
Mansions ; Miss D. Blore, Eaton Terrace ; Miss Lilian J. Clarke, B.Sc., F.L.S., 
Dulwich; E. T. Craig, Esq., Gray’s Inn; John Fitzwater, Esq., Weybridge ; 
John A. Flower, Esq., Westcliff-on-Sea ; A. Goodman, Esq., Primrose Hill; 
the Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, M.A., Hampstead; Jonathan Hutchinson, Esq., 
M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Cavendish Square ; H. B. Lacey, Esq., Chelsea ; Edward 
Leonard, Esq., Q.M.C., Ilford; John L. Luscombe, Esq., S. Devon; Miss 
McMillan, Sloane Square; F. W. Rudler, Esq., I.S.O., F.G.S., Kilburn ; 
Malcolm Seton, Esq., Mrs. Seton, Holland Park ; Arthur Sharland, Esq., 
Sydenham. 
Birmingham Branch. — Miss Marian Burd, Birmingham. 
Clapton Branch. — Mrs. A. W. Lindy, Victoria Park Road. 
Hampstead Branch. — James Carter, Esq., Admiralty ; J. Roberson Day, 
Esq., M.D., Hampstead; W. E. Doubleday, Esq., Mrs. Doubleday, Willesden ; 
Ernest Fryett, Esq., Crouch End ; Sidney Greenhill, Esq., Hampstead ; W. B. 
Partridge, Esq., Great St. Helens; Miss Winifred Walker, Hampstead. 
Subscriptions. — The Council has great pleasure in acknowledging sub- 
scriptions of greater value than 5s. from the following members: Frederick 
Crowley, Esq., P,\ is. ; R. M. B. Otter Barry, Esq., los. : J. H. Master, Esq., 
los. ; Miss Gordon, 7s. 6d. ; H. B. Lacey, Esq., 7s. fid. 
Contributions. — The Council is also pleased to announce that the Ealing 
Branch has contributed the sum of one guinea towards the expenses of the 
Annual Conversazione, and that the Hampstead Branch has been so good as 
to make a grant of 7s., being is. per head for every member of the Branch 
who attended on that occasion. 
Library. — The Honorary Librarian will attend at 20, Hanover Square, 
from fi p.m. to fi.30 p.m., on the evenings when the Publications Committee 
meets (at present on the Second Monday in the month), for the purpose of 
issuing books to members. 
The Honorary Librarian has pleasure in announcing the following additions 
to the Library : “ British Bird Life,” by W. Percival Westell ; “ The Camera in 
the P'ields,” by F. C. Snell ; kindly presented by the Editor. 
FIELD CLUB RAMBLES. 
Saturday, April 29. — Twenty-two members assembled at Chipstead for the 
first ramble of the season. After a short stroll along the pretty Chipstead Lane, 
a field-path was entered leading for about a mile through a plantation. Bluebells, 
windflowers, cowslips and violets were abundant, and a few specimens of the 
Greater Celandine were observed, although thus early. Great interest was shown 
by a portion of the party in observing the efforts of some villagers to capture an 
errant swarm of bees safely hidden in a hollow beech tree. The fine smooth 
lawn of Shabdon Park was much admired, as well as the pretty village of Upper 
Chipstead. The nightingale and cuckoo, blackbirds and thrushes, were listened 
to ; and finally, at the charming Howe Green cottages, tea was served. Among 
the finds may be mentioned Morchella esculenta, the once well-known edible 
Morel, now for the most pait an imported delicacy. 
.Saturday, May fi. — .About eighty took part in the field excursion to Moor 
