31 



THE YOUNG- NATURALIST. 



find out its meaning. In many cases the 

 context will make it plain, bat whenever 

 you are puzzled write to m and ask. We 

 will not publish your name and address, 

 so that no one will know that you did not 

 understand, what perhaps to them was a 

 common word, but we will give you the 

 information you need. Never pass a 

 word until you know its meaning, and 

 you will be astonished to find how one 

 thing will explain another as you go 

 along. 



Then what about English names. "Well, 

 they cannot always be used either. An 

 English name if it be used at all, should 

 be one that is understood by everyone. 

 Birds, perhaps, are more known by Eng- 

 lish names than any other group, but 

 how absurd many of them are, and how 

 local in their application are others. In 

 Morris's British Birds- "Long-tailed Mag" 

 is gven as an English name of the Long- 

 tailed Tit. We fee! sure that ninety-nine 

 out of every hundred, who had not heard 

 it before, would conclude the name be- 

 longed to the magpie. Most birds, if* 

 not ail that have occurred in Britain, 

 have English names, but many of the 

 names of the rare kinds are merely those 

 of the common one, with some prefix de- 

 scriptive of the difference, as the " Eose- 

 Winged Starling, Black Woodpecker, &c. 

 In our opinion these birds should not 

 have English names, and this shows 

 at once the disadvantage that per- 

 tains to them. Scientific names have a 

 double value. They are generally de- 

 scriptive of some notable peculiarity about 

 the animal in question, and the generic 



name tells you of its allies. Sometimes 

 this is so with English nam^s. As for 

 instance the two last- mention9d, but what 

 of " Tot over Sea." Who could tell this' 

 was the Gold-crest unless they knew be- 

 fore. When English names are applied 

 pretty generally we will use them, but 

 you must learn to know the Latin ones, 

 and we will give them also, that you may 

 become accustomed to them. 



NOTICES. 



The Young Naturalist is published in time tc 

 reach subscribers by Saturday Morning in each 

 week. It maybe had in the ordinary way through 

 any Bookseller, or POST FREE, as under :— ^ 

 ' Single Copies, i^d. each; Is. 6d.per Quarter 

 6s. per Annum. Three Copies to one Address. 3d 

 or 3s. 3d ., per Quarter ; 1 3s . per Annum. 



Monthly Parts, in Coloured Wrapper, 6d. each 



Secretaries of Societies, Schoolmasters, &c, wh< 

 will act as Agents, will be supplied at iod. pe 

 dozen copies. 



Subscribers for one year in advance will hav 

 the Special Plates beautifully coloured by hand 



Communications for insertion should reach u 

 one week in advance. 



All orders or other communications must b 

 sent to John E. Robson, Bellcrby Terrace, Wei 

 Hartlepool, S.L. Mosley, Primrose Hill, Huddenl 

 field ; or to Bowers Brothers, Publisher; 

 146, Walworth Road, and 3, Fairford Grove, Low«j 

 Kennington Lane* S.E. 



The Young Naturalist may also be had sj 

 under : — Bradford— J. W. Carter, 160, Priesj 

 man Street, Carlisle RoacL Manningham ; Dew| 

 bury — Carter Lodge, Thornhill; Hartlepool-! 

 C. Z. Woods, Church Walk ; Huddersfield-I 

 Parkin, Cross Church Street ; Ernest Dentof 

 Mold Green; Albert Shaw, Crossland Moor 

 Liverpool— B. Cook, Junr. & Co., 2i,Renshau 

 Street; West Hartlepogjl— Mr. Hoggetl 

 Church Street ; Willingborough — Charlj j 

 Drage, High Street ; Birmingham, Montajl ) 

 Brown, Broad Street ; London, E. G. Meej J 

 56, Brompton Road, and Castle & Lamb, 13 \ 

 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street. 



