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NATURE NOTES. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Lantern Slides of the Village of Selborne. — The Council has 
acquired possession of a series of slides showing various parts of the Village of 
Selborne and neighbourhood, which have, with a few exceptions, been prepared 
from photographs taken on the spot by Mr. E. J. Appleby, of Bath. The 
slides are now available for lecturers on behalf of the Selborne Society, and 
application for the loan of them can be made to the Secretary. 
Birds’ Protection Society Slides.— By an arrangement with the Hon. 
Secretary of the Society for the Protection of Birds, the slides, which are in the 
possession of the Society, are available for use by members of the Selborne 
Society. For particulars and conditions, application should be made to Mr. A. 
J. Western, at the offices of the Society, 20, Hanover Square, W. 
Resignation of the Hon. Sec. of the Field Club.— The Council 
hears with regret that Miss Edith J. Temple has been obliged to relinquish her 
duties as Hon. Sec. of the Field Club. A special Field Club Committee .Meeting 
will be held on Thursday, December 3, after the Council Meeting, to receive the 
resignation. 
Council and Committee Meetings.— The next meetings of the Council 
will be held on Thursdays, December, 3, 1896, and January 7, 1897, at 5.30 ; 
of the Magazine and Leaflet Committee on December 17, 1896, and January 21, 
1897, at 5.30; and of the Finance Committee on December 3, 1896, after the 
Council Meeting. 
A Plea for the British Butterfly. — The article entitled “ Word or 
Two with Insect Collectors,” by Mr. W. F. Kirby, which appeared in the October 
number of Nature Notes, has been reprinted, after revision by the author, in 
the form of a leaflet, and is now available for issue. Price 6d. per 100, postage 
extra. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Bath. — A Conversazione took place at the Mu.seum, Royal Literary Institu- 
tion, on Saturday, November 7. A paper was read by Colonel Bingham Wright, 
on “Instinct in Animal Life,” H. D. Skrine, Esq., the President, being in the 
Chair. 
On November 21, the Rev. W. S. II. Samler again delighted his audience 
w’ith a lecture founded upon further observations upon “ Bird Life around Bath,” 
the lecture being illustrated with limelight views. 
Clapton (Lower Lea Valley). — On Monday, November 23, at the in- 
vitation of Mr. Frederick J. Han bury, F. L.S., F.E.S., members and friends 
spent a very enjoyable and instructive evening in visiting his museum at Clapton 
Common, where the rich collections of plants and lepidoptera were thrown open 
for their inspection. 
Croydon and Norwood. — The first winter meeting of the session was held 
at Seneca Hall, Thornton Heath, on November 5, when a lantern lecture was 
given by the Honorary Secretary, on “Bees, Butterflies and Birds,” to the 
children attending the local Sunday School and Band of Hope. For the best 
essay dealing with the subjects of the lecture, a prize has been awarded to Miss 
F. Robinson. A series of interesting slides were lent by the 1 lumanitarian Le.aguc, 
the lantern being efficiently worked by Mr. Chamberlain. 
On November 21, the Hon. Sec. lectured at the Thornton Heath Polytechnic 
on “ Gilbert White and the Village of Selborne.” 
Ealing. — A very interesting lecture was given on November 16, at St. John’s 
Schools, Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, by the Rev. Herbert E. U. Bull, who 
chose for his subject “The New Forest.” Long residence in the neighbourhood 
enabled him to deal with the P'orest in an exhaustive and fascinating manner. 
Edward A. Martin, F.G.S. 
I/ou. Sec. Magazine and Leaflet Committee. 
