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NATURE NOTES 
Yet another “ Selborne.” — Mr. Charles Mosley, editor of 
Nature Study, has arranged an edition of “ White’s Selborne ” 
for students, in which the whole of the letters are classified 
under subjects giving the reader all that the naturalist wrote on 
one topic under one head. As the subjects will be arranged 
alphabetically, the work will be one of reference as well as for 
reading consecutively. Mr. Elliot Stock is to publish the book 
during the coming season. 
The Zoological Society. — Messrs. Cassell have in prepara- 
tion a limited edition of an illustrated history of the Zoological 
Society from the pen of Mr. Henry Scherren, F.Z.S. The work, 
which will be issued this autumn, embodies material collected 
by Dr. Sclater, and the proofs have been read by Dr. Chalmers 
Mitchell. It will contain reproductions of some of Joseph 
Wolf’s unsurpassed drawings of animals. 
The Birds and the Farmers. — We understand that the 
Central Chamber of Agriculture proposes to take up the ques- 
tion of bird destruction, which is referred to very fully in the 
recently published evidence given before the Departmental Com- 
mittee on Fruit Growing. The matter will be discussed at the 
meeting of the Chamber this month, when an effort will be made 
to secure greater uniformity in practice among the County 
Councils with regard to the protection of rare birds and the 
extirpation of those which play havoc with the fruit crops and 
buds. There is considerable difference of opinion as to the 
amount of injury birds inflict upon crops, some arguing that the 
extirpation of certain birds, such as the bullfinch, would be a 
very serious thing for the fruit-grower and market gardener. 
Plant Protection. — The Editor will introduce a discussion 
on the preservation of our native plants at the Conference of 
Delegates of Corresponding Societies of the British Association 
on October 30. 
An Adjustable Camera-Stand.— So many naturalists are 
now working at the photography of living objects in their natural 
surroundings that a stand which enables the camera to be 
directed upward, downward, or in any other direction, without 
loss of rigidity, will undoubtedly be widely welcomed. Such is 
the claim put forward on behalf of the “ Swingcam ” Camera- 
stand, invented and sold by Mr. William Butler, of 20, Crosby 
Road, Birkdall, Southport, who, while an engineer by profession, 
is also an enthusiastic photographer of natural history objects. 
Mr. Kearton has tested the apparatus, and has expressed himself 
as fully satisfied with the result. 
Old West Surrey. — Local customs, folk-lore, &c., have 
been as yet so imperfectly recorded that it is difficult for the 
student to discriminate between what is truly local and what is 
more general. Our county boundaries sometimes represent old 
