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THE NATURALIST: 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL of NATURAL HISTORY for the NORTH of ENGLAND. 

 Conducted by W. DEN I SON ROEBUCK, ^.L.S., 



WITH THE ASSISTANCE IN SPECIAL IIEPAKTMENTS l>t 



J. GILBERT BAKER, F.R.S., F.L.S., CHAS. P. HOliKIRK, F.L.S., 



W. EAGLE CLARKE, F.L.S., M.B.O.U., GEO. T. PORRITT, F.L.S., F.E.S., 



ALFRED HARKER, RLA., F.G.S., W. B. TURNER, F.R.M.S 



''PHIS journal has been published under the above title at various times 

 X since 1837, and has appeared regularly since 1875. 



The scope of the journal has for its primary aim the elucidation of the 

 natural history, geology, and physical features of the Northern Counties 

 of England — including under that name Northumberland, Durham, Cum- 

 berland, Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, 

 Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Papers bearing upon the counties 

 mentioned therefore take precedence of all others. 



T/ie Naturalist is not, however, merely a medium for the publication of 

 lists, and of faunal and floral papers exclusively, the Editors having always 

 viewed their field from abroad standpoint, and they welcome papers dealing 

 with life-history, variation, folk-lore, biological, and phenological and other 

 phenomena, etc. , provided they are based upon original or personal observa- 

 tion, and that they are not merely resumes or repetitions of ordinary text- 

 book information ; and in fact the only natural history papers that are 

 absolutely unsuitable are such as deal specifically with districts or localities 

 quite outside the northern counties, and elementary papers upon general 

 natural history. 



Ornithology has always taken a foremost place, and numerous papers and 

 innumerable notes have appeared. 



The Editors invite aid from all interested in the advancement of natural 

 science in the North — both as subscribers to the journal and as contributors 

 of original articles, and particularly of short notes and observations on such 

 facts as may be deemed of interest. 



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The Flora of West Yorkshire, 



BY 



FKEDERIO AKNOLD LEES, M.R.O.S., etc, 



This work is perhaps the most complete work of the kinil ever 

 issued for any district, including detailed and full records of 1,044 

 Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams, 11 Characea;, 34S Mosses, 

 loS Hepalics, 258 Lichens, 1,009 I'lmg'* '^"il 382 Freshwater Algiv, 

 making a total of 3,160 s]iecies. 



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