CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



The Study of Natural History Conducive to Health. By Thomas 



Fuller, Esq 1 



Destruction of Birds. By 0. S. Bound, Esq 3 



Extracts from Correspondence with a Brother Naturalist. By 



Frederick M. Burton, Esq 5 



A Peep at the Ferns, etc., of Sutherland and Boss. By W 8 



On the Ascent of Cader Idris, from Barmouth. By K. C 13 



Golleyweston Slate. By Frederick M. Burton, Esq 1(3 



Systema Naturae. By The Editor 18 



Miscellaneous Notices. — The Nightingale. Blackbirds and Bat. 



Kingfishers. Fly Orchis and Canterbury Bell 19 



Exchange. — Sea, Land, and Fresh-water Shells 20 



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