PREFACE. 



There is but little for the Editors to say beyond thanking 

 their contributors and their subscribers for the satisfactory 

 production of the journal and for the gratifying measure 

 of success it attains. 



They are pleased to again note the systematic attention 

 paid to Lincolnshire by their contributors, and the numerous 

 valuable papers relating to that county which appear in the 

 present volume. 



The Editors would be pleased to welcome and further 

 the publication of papers dealing in like manner with other 

 of the counties included in their scope. 



They would also reiterate the request made in the preface 

 to the last volume for papers dealing with geological and 

 biological subjects. The 'Naturalist 5 is not by any means 

 intended to be devoted solely or even mainly to lists and 

 systematic papers, and it only needs that papers of more 

 general scope and character shall be offered to secure their 

 favourable consideration. 



The main requisite, however, is that all papers shall be 

 more or less original, and that they shall be the embodiment 

 of practical observation or direct investigation. But subject 

 to this requirement, the more humanly interesting papers 

 are, the more appreciated they will be. 



