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THE NATURALIST: 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



Natural History for the North of England, 



EDITED BY 



Wm. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., and Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S. 



The object of the Journal is the elucidation of the Natural History, Geology, and 

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In the Early Numbers have appea,red numerous Short Notes and 

 the following Articles : — 



The Spurn and its Natural History — John Cordeaux ; 



Notes on Teesdale Botany — ^James Backhouse ; 



The Seven Sleepers in Manx Tradition — ^J. M. Jeffcott ; 



Deposit of Lacustrine Marl in ^Yest Yorks. — Prof. G. A. Lebour, ]SLA.,F.G.S. ; 



The Marine Shells of Yorkshire — Rev. \Y. C. Hey, ^LA. ; 



Micro-Palaeontology of Northern Carboniferous Shales — G. R. Yine ; 



Coleoptera of Liverpool — Dr. J. \Y. Ellis ; 



^Yild Cat in Lincolnshire — John Cordeaux ; 



The Bull-trout— Rev. ^L G. ^Yatkins, M.A. ; 



Variation in European Lepidoptera — W. F. de V. Kane, ^SI.A. ; 



A new Maritime Form of Wood Vetch — O. C. Druce, F.L.S. ; 



Capture of Rudolphi's Rorqual at Goole — T. Bunker ; 



Winter Visit to the Fame Islands— Rev. H. H. Slater, M.A., F.Z.S. 



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Studies in Microscopical Science, 



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Volume III., commencing on Jan. 10, 1885, in 4 Sections, 



AS FOLLOWS ; — 



Section i. — Botanical Histology. 



Section 2. — Animal ,, 



Section 3. — Pathological ,, 



Section 4. — Popular Microscopical Studies. 



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