No. 72. 



FEBRUARY, 1857. 



Price 6d. 



n 



A POPULAE MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



ILLT7STBATIVE OF THE 



ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, AND MINERAL 

 KINGDOMS. 



WITH OCCASIONAL ENGRAVINGS. 



CONDUCTED BY 



THE EEV. P. 0. MOEEIS, B.A., 



Member of the Ashmolean Society, etc. 



Author of "A History of British Birds." "A History of British Butterflies. 



"A History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds." 



"A Bible Natural History." "A Book of Natural History," etc., etc., etc. 



Lord, how manifold are Thy works! in wisdom hast Thou made them all: the 

 earth is full of Thy riches. — Psalm civ., 24. 



LONDON: 



GEOOMBEIDGE AND SONS, 5, PATEENOSTEE EOW. 



AND MAY BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. 



