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Ube Selborne Society’s fll>aga3fne. 
No. 159. MARCH, 1903. Vol. XIV. 
OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
To preserve from unnecessary destruction such wild birds, 
animals and plants as are harmless, beautiful, or rare. To 
discourage the wearing and use for ornament of birds and their 
plumage, except when the birds are killed for food or reared 
for their plumage. To protect places and objects of antiquarian 
interest or natural beauty from iil-treatment or destruction. To 
promote the study of natural history. 
SELBORN IAN A. 
Annual Meeting and Conversazione. — Our President has 
fixed the evening of Tuesday, May 5. for our Annual Meeting 
and Conversazione, when he will deliver his address and the 
usual business will be transacted. 
Proposed Visit to Selborne. — The Field Club Secretaries 
propose to make arrangements for the visit to Selborne, postponed 
from last season, to take place on June 13 of this season, under 
the able guidance of Dr. Bowdler Sharpe. The names of all 
who intend to go must be sent to Mrs. Percy Myles, at a date 
which will be given in our next issue, when further particulars 
will be announced. 
What are the Duties of Selbornians ? — Miss Blanche 
Atkinson, of Tyn-y-ffynon, Barmouth, N. Wales, asks us to 
state that she is willing to send supplies of her excellent pamphlet 
with the above title, reviewed by us in 1895, gratis to any of our 
readers on receipt of stamps to cover postage — 3d. for 6 copies. 
