TIIK 



ESSEX NATURALIST : 



BEING THE 



Journal of the (liii^cx Jjielli (Elub. 



EniTED BY 



WILLIAM COLE, 



Honorary Secretary. 



VOLUME VI. 



JANUARY— DECEMBER, 1892. 



" Men that undertake^ only one district are much more likely to advance 



natural knowledge than those that grasp at more than they can possihlv be 



acquainted with. Every kingdom, every province, should have its own Mono- 

 grapher.'' — Gilbert White of Selborne. 



Tlic aiitliors alone arc responsible for ilic statements and opinions cotitaincd in t/te: 



respective papers. ] 



PUBLISHED BY THH CIJJB, BCCKIIURSr HILL, ESSEX. 

 E. DuRKANT & Co., 90, High Street, Chelmsford. 



1892, 



