THE ANNUAL REPORT 
131 
1904. 
■Subject. 
Lecturer. 
Oct. 
20 
“ Forest Trees ” 
Prof. G. .S. Boulger, F". L..S. 
Nov. 
2 1 
“The .Sun and Sun-.Sputs” 
.Mr. E. Walter Maunder, F'. R..\..S. 
Dec 
12 
“Pompeii” ... 
.Mrs. L. Douglas Wilson. 
1905. 
Jan. 
16 
“ In Birdlaml with a Camera” 
Mr. Oliver G. Pike. 
F'eb. 
6 
“The Hammerer and the 
Mr. Win. Whitaker, B..\., F'.R.S. 
28 
Camera ” 
Lantern Exhibition (.Vreha'o- 
Mr. R. Garraway Rice, F'.S..\. 
March 
22 
logical). 
“Our Unseen F'oes” 
Dr. Macdonalil Brown, F'.R.C.S. 
As announced in the Feliruary nuniher of Xatuhe Notes, the work of fee<l- 
ing the birds upon Hampstead Heath, hitlierto conductal hy ]>rivate agency, was 
taken over hy the Branch early in tliis year. .Stations were selected for the ilis- 
trihution of food, and repeated visits to these di.sclosed an increasing number of 
birds frequenting them. 
One of the stations was the Biril Shelter, and here the re.sults would have been 
better if the authorities could have been induced to look properly after the 
enclosure. Attention has been called to this point in the local Press. 
The local Committee takes this opportunity of expressing its indebtedness to 
Mr. M. Veatman Woolf for the repeated facilities given to Selbornians to inspect 
his valuable Museum at St. John’s Wood, and for the hospitality extended to his 
visitors. Not only does the Museum ofl'er considerable educational advantages, 
but it is an object-le.s.son of what a private collection should be in the way of 
order and arrangement. The interest of the visits was enhanced by demonstra- 
tions given by Mr. Woolf himself on Termites, and by .Mr. P. Macleod Vearsley, 
F.R.C.S., F.Z.S., on Cockroaches and Tunicates. It should be mentioned that 
on one occasion the local Committee had the pleasure of meeting at the Museum 
the members of the Battersea Field Club. 
Haileybiiry College Natural Science Society (Junior). — Some very good work 
was done in many directions during the year, under the headings of Conchology, 
Entomology, Botany, and Pliotography. In the last section, as a rule, the prize 
is not given, since the photographers do not wish to illustrate anything, but only 
to make pretty pictures. This year, however, the prize was awarded to R. L. 
Vorke for some good photographs of birds’ nests. 
The following general meetings have been hekl this year : — 
1904. 
F'eb. 
March 
29 
21 
May 
30 
June 
20 
July 
16 
Sept. 
26 
Oct. 
17 
Nov. 
7 
28 
Lecturer. 
Dr. Aikin. 
M. Vaughan, Esq. 
!. Stanley Gardiner, Esq. 
M. D. Hill, Esq. 
The President. 
Dr. Williams. 
H. F. Knight. 
Paul Bevan, Esq. 
I. C. Maclean, O.H. 
Subject. 
“ The Machinery of the Voice ” 
“ The Snipe and Woodcock ” 
“ The Thousand Isles ” 
“ Game Birds and their Enemies’ 
“ The Flight of Birds ” 
“ F'ood and Feeding” 
“ The Motor Car ” 
“Holiday Experiences.” 
“Japan” ... 
“The Machinery of the Animal 
Body ” 
In the summer term expeditions were made to Woolwich Arsenal and to the 
Zoo. Large numbers went to Woolwich and about twenty to the Zoo. Finances 
become straitened towards the end of the term, and, in general, there is a 
disinclination to devote money to science. 
North Middlesex (Junior). — This Branch came into existence in July, 1904. 
Mr. C. M. Hall, M.M.S. (a member of the Society), coming into contact 
with several young naturalists in the neighbourhood of Wood Green, thought that 
they would prove useful members of the Selborne Society. He applied for a 
warrant for the formation of a Junior Branch, which was granted by the 
Council on June 8 last. On July 15 the Branch was formally instituted by 
Mr. Hall, and on the same night a number of Associates were admitted. 
The work of the Branch has been very successful, especially as Wood Green is 
not very prolific in naturalists, and as those who join do so voluntarily. 
