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Grimpeurs. 
39. Torcol Vulgaire ( Yiinx torquilla). 
40. Coucou Chanteur (Cuculus cauoms). 
Syndacliles. 
41. Rollier Ordinaire [Coractas gan it/a). 
Children’s Country Holidays. — With reference to the 
Nature-study work of the Children’s Country Holidays Fund, 
which we mentioned last week, a good suggestion has been 
made as to a way in which the Selborne Society could Help. It 
is that Selbornians living in the districts to which the children 
are sent might make inquiries as to where the latter are located, 
and afterwards spend some small amount of time in initiating 
them into the ways of observing the common plants and animals 
around them. 
Hampstead Heath Extension. — Faithful to the object for 
which they exist, the Hampstead Heath Extension Council are 
issuing an appeal for aid in securing Wylde’s Farm, and the 
beautiful meadows on the north-west boundary of the Heath 
adjacent to the authorised station of the Charing Cross, Euston 
and Hampstead Railway, from the hands of the builders. The 
area is eighty acres in extent, and is offered by the Eton College 
Trustees for ^48,000, towards which sum there is reason to 
hope that public bodies will contribute when the public have 
shown a real interest in the acquisition. These singularly 
beautiful fields form an integral part of the foreground of the 
far-famed view from the Spaniards Road and the north-west 
heath, and, if preserved, might in part be utilised for playing 
fields. Subscriptions should be sent to the Hon. Secretary, Mrs. 
S. A. Barnett, St. Jude’s Cottage, Spaniards Road, Hampstead 
Heath. 
John Evelyn Club. — With this very appropriate title for 
a Surrey society, and under the presidency of Mr. T. G. 
Jackson, R.A., with Messrs. Clarence Moran and Richardson 
Evans as honorary secretaries, a Club has been established at 
Wimbledon to unite all residents who value grace, dignity and 
interest in the aspect of their surroundings (1) in protecting 
from unnecessary impairment the picturesque amenities of the 
neighbourhood ; (2) in promoting the study of its historical 
associations, zoology and botany; (3) in preserving the fauna 
and flora, as well as objects of historical and archaeological 
interest. The Club will act locally so as to advance the objects 
of such societies as the Commons and Footpaths Preservation 
Society, the Kyrle Society, the Selborne Society, the Birds’ 
Protection Society, the National Trust, &c. We wish it every 
success. 
Larks at the London PIospital Ball.— A lady writes to us 
as follows on this constantly recurring piece of wholesale 
barbarism : — 
