No. 70. 



DECEMBEB, 1856. 



Price 6d." 



n 



\Wl /^b1 



A POPULAE MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE 



ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, AND MINERAL 

 KINGDOMS. 



WITH OCCASIONAL ENGRAVINGS. 



CONDUCTED BY 



THE REV. E. 0. MOERIS, 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 ILggs 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: 

 GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, 5, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



AND MAY BB HAD OF ALL B00KSBLLEB8. 



