the low-lying land between Lincoln and Nottingham, &c., 

 and even upon Lincoln itself, is one of first-class interest to 

 any Lincolnshire student of Geology. 



The Publisher regrets, as much as the Editor, that his 

 efforts to found a Magazine dealing with the Natural History 

 of Lincolnshire has not met with the success that was expected, 

 but should an interest in this desirable field of work at any 

 time ever arise, he will be the first to offer a helping hand 

 as publisher, and do his best to produce a well-executed 

 publication worthy alike of the subject and of the county to 

 which he belongs. 



Horncastle^ 1898. 



CONTENTS. 



Prefatory Note, I. The Natural History Divisions of Lincolnshire : (a), The 

 County, 2 ; (b] Natural History Divisions, 3 j (c] Maps, 4 ; (d] The Place Name 

 List, 5 ; by Rev. E. Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock, Th., F.L.S., F.G.S. Lincolnshire 

 Natural History, by John Cordeaux, M.B.O.U., 15. The Lincolnshire Boulder 

 Committee, by the L.N.U., 26. The Contents of Birds' Crops, by Mr. F. A. 

 Dorrington, 29. The Goat Willow, by the Editor, 30. The Lincolnshire Rye-grass, 

 by the Editor, 30. The ' Blue Stone ' Boulder, Louth, Lincolnshire, by W. 

 Hampton, F.C.S., and H. Wallis Kew, F.E.S., 31. How the Land between 

 Gainsborough and Lincoln was formed, by F. M. Burton, F.L.S., F.G.S. , 32. 

 Lincolnshire Naturalists at Louth, by R. W. Goulding, 41. A Lincolnshire 

 Coleoptera Record Wanted, by Rev. A. Thornley, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., 46. A 

 Short Account of a Country Parish, by Mrs. C. E. Jarvis, 48. The Story of the 

 Lincoln Gap (part i.), by F. M. Burton, F.L.S., F.G.S., 53. Louth Antiquarian 

 and Naturalists Society, by R. W. Goulding, 61. Vertebrata of Lincolnshire, by 

 the Editor, 64. Lincolnshire (part i.), by John Cordeaux, M.B.O.U., 65. Value 

 of a Salmon Fishery on the Trent, by the Editor, 71. The Story of the Lincoln 

 Gap (part ii.), by F. M. Burton, F.L.S., F.G.S., 72. A Short Account of a Country 

 Parish (part ii.), by Mrs. C. E. Jarvis, 77. Lincolnshire (part ii.),by John Cordeaux, 

 M.B.O.U., 83. Notes on the Ice-borne Blocks of Shap Granite, &c., found in 

 Lincolnshire, by Thomas Sheppard, 94. Notes on the Ice-borne Blocks of Shap 

 Granite, &c., found in Lincolnshire, by Thomas Sheppard (part ii.), 97. An 

 Archseological History of the Wash, by Geo. Sills, 101. The Story of the Lincoln 

 Gap, by S. Bateman, no. President's Address to the Lincolnshire Naturalists 

 Union, 1896, by Rev. Canon W. W. Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., 113. The 

 Lincoln Gap, by F. M. Burton, 122. Natural History Notes; What to Note 

 and How to Make Notes, by Gregory O. Benoni, 124. 



PLATES. 



Sketch Map of the Natural History Divisions of Lincolnshire, to face p. I. 

 Diagram illustrating " The Story of the Lincoln Gap," to face p. 53. 



