CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



A Visit to Refley Wood. By T. S 217 



Extracts from Correspondence with a Brother Naturalist. By 



Frederick M. Burton, Esq 219 



A Visit to Braemar in 1855. By W. Sutherland, Esq 222 



Contributions to the Ichthyology of Banffshire. By W 229 



Miscellaneous Notices. — Anecdote of a Dog. Instinct of Animals. 

 The Nightingale. Java Sparrow. Occurrence of the Rose-coloured 



Pastor. The Hoopoe 234 



Notices of New Publications. — Jottings in Australia; being Notes 

 on the Flora and Fauna of Victoria, with a Catalogue of the 

 more common Plants, their Habitats, and time of Flowering. 



By Samuel Hannaford, Esq 236 



Review. — Insecta Britannica — Diptera. Vol. III. By Francis 

 Walker, F. L. S. London: Lovell Reeve, Henrietta Street, 



Covent Garden. 1856. (Large Octavo size.) 237 



Retrospect. — Moth Hunting 237 



On 'Change. — Botany. Peat Earth. Entomology 238 



Proceedings of Societies. — London Working Entomologists' Club. 239 

 Obituary.— Death of Mr. Yarrell 239 



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