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CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Geological Excursion. By E. "W" 25 



Injurious Insects — The Common "Wasp. Ey J. M' Intosh, Esq. , . 30 



The Effects of Spring. By 0. S. Eotjnd, Esq. 32 



Down the River. By J. S. Walkee, Esq 33 



Arrival of the Hirundines, etc., at Minehead, Somerset, in 1855. 



By Majok Gifford , 



Extracts from my Note Book. By Majok Gifford 36 



New Yorkshire Stations for Bare Mosses. By Johk H. Davies, 



Esq 37 



Systema Naturse. By The Editob 38 



Three Days in Caernarvonshire. By J. H. Davies, Esq 39 



Miscellaneous Notices. — The Domestic Cat. Lateness of the Chim- 

 ney Swallow. A B.eal Eara Avis. The Mealy Eedpole. Green 

 Sandpiper. Oyster-catcher. Additional Note on the Starling in 

 the "Birds of Terrick." Short Sun Fish. Music hath charms 

 for the Butterfly. Plantago lanceolata. Boletus squamosus. Oc- 

 currence of Acherontia atropos at Southport. Vanessa Atalauta. 



E-elaxing of Insects. Winter Birds 42 



Beviewing 46 



Reviews. — The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain; an 

 attempt to classify them according to their Geognostic Relations. 



By John Gilbert Baker. London: W. and F. G. Cash. 



The Entomologist's Annual for 1856. London: Yan Yooest. . . 47 

 Proceedings of Societies. — Aberdeenshire Natural History Associa- 

 tion 48 



The Querist. — Extermination of Sparrows 48 



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