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NO. 5, VOL. V. 



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LlVIAY,1891. 



The 



Essex Naturalist: 



HKING THE 



J O IT R N A L 



OF THE 



ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 



EDITED r.Y 



WILLIAM COLE, 



Honorary Secretary . 



(T 11 1 c n t s : 



The Lepidoptera of Essex, Part I. Butterflies. — By Enw.-VRn .\. Fitch, F.I-.S., S:c. 



{CoHcluticci) 97 



Correspondence. — Boulder Clay in Essex.— \V. H Dalton, F.O.S., and H. W. 



MoNCKION, F.G.S log 



Notes, Original and Selected. — Wild Swans in Esse.x, no; Immigration of Bustards 

 during past Winter, iii ; Orey Phalarope at Stratford, in ; Supposed occurrence of .Sand 

 Lizard at Woodford: a Correction, in; Land and Fresh-water Shells of the Roding 

 Valley, nz; Priiiiul elatior, 112; E.xceptionally small Rainfall of the last Eight Months 113 



The Undulations of the Chalk in Essex.- By W. H. Dalton, F.G.S. (7vitk Maf>, 



PlaUin.) 113 



The Great Frost of iSgo-gt 117 



On the Range of the Primrose and the Bardfield Oxlip (Primula elatior) in North- 

 western Essex.— By J. Fkench ; with remarks by Miller Chkisty, V.h.S. (To he 

 continued) _ 120 



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Issued Ma}', 1891. 



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