THE 



ESSEX NATURALIST 



BEING THK 



Journal of tbe £5scx 3ficl^ Club, 



EDITED EV 



WILLIAM COLE, F.L.S., F.E.S., 



Hojiojnry Secrciaiy . 



VOLUME XIII. 



JANUARY, i()o-:,-DECEM B ER, 1904 



" Me?i that undertake only one district arc viuch more likely to 

 advance naiiiral knowledoe than those that orasp at more than they can 

 possibly be acquainted with. Every kinodojn, every province, should 

 have its own Monographer:'— G\l.?,¥.v.T White, of Selborne. 



" Things seen are mightier than things //m7v/."— TENNYSON. 



\Thc autlio>s alone are responsible for the stafemenfs and opinions contained in their 



respective papers.] 



PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB, AT THE ESSEX MUSEUM 

 OF NATURAL HISTORY, STRATFORD, ESSEX. 



1904. 



