CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Extracts from Correspondence with a Brother Naturalist. By 



F. M. Burton, Esq 121 



Amateur Naturalists. By Mr. Pass Balshaw 125 



Inquiry for the Naturalist^ (with Engraving.) 127 



Hints to Insect Collectors. By Taxus 128 



Notes on the Cryology of Ladhill Gill. (North Yorkshire.) By J. 



H. Davies, Esq 133 



Design for a New Larva Box. By Mr. E. G. Schofield. (with 



Engravings.) 135 



List of Cryptogamous Flora found in the neighbourhood of Ripon^ 



Yorkshire. By Miss Emily E. Harkisox 186 



Beginning of the Hunting Season. By The Editor 137 



Miscellaneous Notices. — Snow Bunting. Bewick's Swan. Mealy 



Redpole. Golden-eye. Early Breeding of the Dipper. The 



Cornish Chough. Common Frog 139 



The Retrospect. — The "Great Unknown" Hawk. Microscopes.... 141 

 Proceedings of Societies. — The London Working Entomologists' 



Society. 144 



The Querist. — Why are Birds so scarce in certain districts, etc.? 144 



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