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are made, and compared with those of successive years and 

 other observers, a great deal of valuable work may be done, 

 which, though it may not be new, is well worth finding out 

 for oneself. 



While not excluding general articles on objects of interest, 

 we shall endeavour to colour the four quarterly issues of this 

 journal in each year in such a tone that they will reflect the 

 four seasons in succession. In other words, we shall have 

 a Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter number in each 

 year. The present number, as far as it refers to our fauna, 

 is therefore a winter number ; the April issue will be the 

 spring number. The additional labour attached to bringing 

 out the first number has somewhat delayed us this year, and 

 next winter we shall probably publish the winter number in 

 January. 



There will naturally be more scope for illustrating the 

 articles in the warmer seasons, and in our future issues we 

 hope to show how the camera of the field naturalist has 

 been at work. Both weather and light are against the 

 photographer in winter, and, moreover, there is so much 

 more to illustrate in the seasons of active animal and plant 

 life. 



It is of course quite impossible to treat of every subject 

 of interest to field naturalists in one issue, so that new 

 subjects will constantly be introduced. For instance, in 

 our next number we shall publish the first of a series of 

 articles on Archaeology, an article on " Spring Fungi," 

 and so on. 



The success or failure of ' The Field Naturalist's 

 Quarterly ' depends upon the support accorded to it by 

 those for whom it is written — viz., the members of our 

 field clubs and societies. It was on the suggestion of a 

 number of these members that the work was undertaken, 

 and the Editor is very grateful to those secretaries of 

 societies who have given such cordial help. 



A most fascinating subject is that of "Animal Sense Per- 

 ceptions," or in simpler language, how the world appears 

 to the lower animals. That their conceptions of surround- 



