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NATURE NOTES. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
OBITUARY. 
At a special meeting of the Council, held on October 15, the following 
resolutions were passed : — “ That this meeting wishes to place on record the 
great loss which Selbornian interests have sustained by the death of William 
Morris, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, and to express its condolence 
with his widow and family.” “That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 
Mrs. Morris.” 
Changes of Addresses. Important.— Members are requested, when 
notifying a change of address to the Secretary, to give their old address, and to 
state also the name of the Branch, if any, to which they belong. The omission 
of these details gives much unnecessary trouble, and delays the forwarding of the 
magazine. 
New Junior Branch. — The Council hears with much pleasure of the 
probable formation of a new Junior Branch at Bromley (Kent). C. E. Hartley, 
Esq., of Quernmore, Bromley, Kent, has undertaken the duties of Honorary 
Secretary, and members and others interested in the formation of the Branch 
are requested to communicate with him. 
Donation to Library. — The Librarian acknowledges with thanks the 
receipt of a copy of a “Naturalist’s Diary,” by C. Roberts, Esq., M.R.C.S., 
which has been presented by R. Marshman Wattson, Esq. 
Council and Committee Meetings.— The next meetings of the Council 
will be held on November 5 and December 3, at 5.30; and of the Magazine and 
Leaflet Committee on November 19 and December 17, at 5.30; at the offices of 
the Society. 
New Leaflets. — Mrs. Litchfield’s admirable article on “ Ospreys,” which 
appeared in the October number of Nature Notes, has been reprinted as a 
leaflet, and can now be obtained of the Secretary. Price 6d. per too ; postage 
extra. 
Winter Lecture Season. — Hon. Secretaries of Branches who are now 
making up their programmes for the winter season are reminded that the fol- 
lowing gentlemen have kindly consented to lecture on the Society’s behalf, at 
a cost to the Branch of travelling or part-travelling expenses only. 
List of Lecturers. — ^J. S. Cooke, E.sq., F.L.S., F.G.S., 26, Avenue Road, 
Weymouth ; Col. W. L. B. Coulson, Newbrough, Fourstones-on-Tyne ; James 
Saunders, Esq., 119, Rothesay Road, Luton; Alfred P. Wire, Esq., M.C.I.S., 
I, Seaton Villas, Birkbeck Road, Leytonstone. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Clapton. — The first winter meeting of the Branch will be held on 
November 7, at Upland College, Benthall Road, Stoke Newington, at 7.45 p.m., 
and will take the form of a microscopical and sociable evening. 
Croydon and Norwood. — The meetings of the Branch will be directed 
more particularly this winter to the education of the children in the cultivation of 
kindness, and the abstention from cruelty, to all living things. With this object in 
view, various lantern lectures will be delivered, and prizes given for the best 
written accounts of the lectures. The first lecture will be given on Thursday, 
November 5, at Seneca Hall, Thornton Heath. 
Honorary Secretaries are requested to forward particulars of meetings held in 
connection with their respective Branches, not later than the mid-monthly meeting 
of the Committee, and also copies of any leaflets, &c.. which they may issue. 
EmvARi) A. Martin, F.G.S. 
Hon. Sec. Magazine and leaflet Committee. 
