THE 



YOtfHG NATURALIST : 



A MAGAZINE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



CONDUCTED BY 



JOHN E. (RO(BSON, Hartlepool, 



With the Assistance in various Departments of 



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

 G. COVERDALE, Louisiana, U.S. ; C. S. GREGSON, Liverpool ; 

 GEO. ELISHA, London; J. P. SOUTTER, Bishop Auckland 



Dr. ELLIS, F.E.S., Liverpool; SYDNEY WEBB, Dover; 



Dr. J. W. WILLIAMS, M.A., London. 



VOL. VIII. 



JOHN KEMPSTER & Co., Bolt Court, 151, Fleet Street. E.C. 



