97*1Vol.^IX. 
January, 1898 
CONTENTS 
SELBORNIANA. Sale of Gilbert White's MSS.— 
The Eating of Larks. — The Thames as a Salmon 
River. — The New Forest. — Churchyard Bottom 
Wood. — The Commons Preservation Society 
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ON MATTERS SELBORNIAN. By the Editor ( pro tempore) 
NOTES ON BUDS. By the Rev. G. Henslow .. 
NOTES ON LONDON BIRDS IN 1897. By A. Holte Macpherson 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. Solitary Wasps. - 
Hornets Gnawing Twigs. — Notes from Northern Tasmania. — Union of the 
Seasons in North Devon 
REPORT OF THE FIELD CLUB FOR 1897. By E. A. Nash .. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
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