THE 



AN 



ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



CONDUCTED BY 



JOHN E. ROB SON, F.E.S., Hartlepool, 



WITH THE ASSISTANCE IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF 



G. C. BIGNELL, F.E.S., Plymouth ; JOHN GARDNER, F.E.S. Hartlepool; 

 C. A. BRIGGS, F.E.S. , London; LINN^US GREENING.Warrington 



S. J. CAPPER, F.L.S., F.E.S. .Liverpool; C. S. GREGSON, Liverpool; 

 T. D. COCKERELL, London; A. F. GRIFFITH, M.A., Brighton; 



C.W. DALE, F.E.S., Dorset; G. A. LEWCOCK, London. 



GEO. ELISHA, F.E.S., London; J. P. SOUTTER, Bishop Auckland; 



Dr. ELLIS, F.E.S., Liverpool; W. H. TUGWELL, Ph.C, Greenwich; 



SYDNEY WEBB, Dover. 



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