November, 1898. 
07. Vol. IX. 
Mature IMtes. 
CONTENTS 
SELBORNIANA. Financial Position of the 
Society. — Selborne. — Barbarity at the Crystal 
Palace. — Port Madoc Light Railway Scheme 
— The Story of the Farm 
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WIT-H WfdC-H IS iNCORPORAtED 
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THE. FIELD CLUB!’ 
EDITED BY 
G. S. ISOULGER, ELS, EGS~ 
Professor of Botany and Geology, Cry of London College ^ 
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DOLL AND THE STARLING. By H. D. Rawnsley. . 
FORESTRY By Giles A. Daubenv 
A HOSTELRY FOR SWALLOWS. By W. Warde Fowler 
A FIELD CLUB RAMBLE. By Edward A. Martin . 
REVIEWS AND EXCHANGES 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. The Yellow- Necked 
Mouse.— Hedgehog.— Passerine Repentance ’—The Decrease of Swallows. 
—Migration of Swallows.— Cuckoo.— A Duck with Unwehbed Feet.— 
Winter Migrants : Redwings.— Partridge carrying Young.— Wasns 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES . F 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS . 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS 
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