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and perambulate all England, with Mr. Miles as our “guide, philosopher and 
friend.” So, like Oliver l'wist, we ask lor more. 
Bird Notes and News. Circular Letter issued periodically by the Society for the 
Protection of Buds. No. i, April, 1903. 3, Hanover Square. Price is. 
per annum, post free, payable in advance. 
We had hoped that Nature Notes might have become the joint official 
organ of the Society for the Protection of Birds and other kindred societies, as 
well as our own. Various difficulties, such as differing rales of subscription, 
having rendered this hope vain, we can only congratulate our neighbours and 
friends on the establishment of this periodical leaflet of their own. It does not 
appear very clearly whether it is to be issued monthly or at some other interval ; 
but in any case we are sure that the members of the Society will gladly support 
this means of keeping them in touch with its valuable work. 
Hampstead Scientific Society : Report and Proceedings, with a List of the Members 
for 1902. S. C. Mayle. Price 3d. 
This is a model summary of the varied work of this excellently organised 
Society. The papers are recorded in brief abstract only, and the Report has 
prefixed to it a portrait of Sir Richard Temple, who was President of the Society 
at the time of his death. 
Epsom College Natural History Society. Report for 1902. No. 14. L. W. 
Andrews and Son. Price is. 6d. 
In addition to the lists of plants, insects and birds observed, records of the 
weather and of the growth of the boys, which under the fostering care of the 
headmaster have become regular features in the Reports of this Society, which 
is affiliated to our own, this number contains a most interesting essay on the 
flora of Epsom and the neighbourhood, by the Secretary, G. R. Ward, arranged 
according to months of flowering. We are not surprised to see that it was awarded 
the prize given by Sir Herbert Maxwell. 
Liverpool Kyrle Society : Report for 1902. 
It is impossible even to enumerate the varied forms of philanthropic activity 
carried on by this excellent Society. Reading in workhouses, aiding invalid 
children and organising entertainments for tnem are the objects of special 
branches ; but one which is closely akin to our own work is that of the P'lower 
Branch, which collects boxes of common wild flowers for distribution to Ele- 
mentary Schools in the poor districts of Liverpool. More collectors are required 
in the north of England. The Secretary is A. S. Kelley, 8, Hargreaves 
Road, Liverpool. 
The Parents’ Lleview for April contains an interesting article on “The 
Hedgerows in April,” by S. Smyth, and another of W. G. Collingwood’s Fesole 
Club Papers, this one dealing with “ The Ethics of Leaf-land.” 
Pearson's Magazine for April contains a paper on “ The Migrations of British 
Birds,” by H. F. Witherby, and one entitled “Do Monkeys Speak?” by 
Professor R. J. Garner. 
The Butterflies and Moths of Europe. By W. F. Kirby. Parts 24 and 25. 
Cassell and Co. 
With the latest issue Plate 44 is reached, the high standard of excellence of 
the earlier parts being fully sustained. 
Received : The American botanist for March ; The Humanitarian, Animal 
World, Our Animal Friends, The Naturalist, The Irish Naturalist, and Nature 
Study for April. 
