THE IN'ATTJlRAlLiIST. 



The Editors hope to publish the following papers within the next few months: — 



Botany of the Cumberland part of the Pennine Kange.— T. Gilbert Baker- 

 F.R.S., F.L.S., etc. 



Lincolnshire Bog and Moorland Plants.— Rev. W. Fowler, M.A. 



List of the Flora of Wensleydale.— John Percival, B.A. 



Leafing of the Oak and Ash.— J. Hagger. 



List of Land and Freshwater MoUusca of Airedale.— H. T. Soppitt and 

 J. W. Carter. 



Interesting G-eological Discovery at Wortley, Leeds.— C. Brownridge, F.G.S, 



Coal-Dust and Explosions in Coal-Mines— Rev. Arthur Watts, F.G.S. 



Yorkshire Naturalists at Welton "Vale, and on Hatfield Chace. 



North of England Specimens in the British Museum — T. D. A. Cockerell. 



The Editors are open to receive suitable papers for insertion, particularly on Botany, 

 Entomology, Ornithology, Geology, etc. 



Bibliography for 1885 (continuation) and 1886. 



Natural History of Lincolnshire. — The next instalment of this is to be upon the 

 Mammalia, by John Cordeaux. Schedules have been prepared for obtaining informa- 

 tion : one will be sent to anyone willing to furnish notes. 



Short Notes. — It is the wish of the Editors to give in each number about a page of short notes 

 in each of the various subjects of which the Naturalist takes cognisance. To this end they 

 rely upon their friends keeping them well supplied. At present short notes on Botany, 

 Entomology, Palaeontology, Microscopy, Conchology, &c., are particularly desired. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL PAPERS 



Which have appeared in the ^Naturalist.'' 



RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER IN NORTHUMBERLAND— Geo. Bolam. 

 WINTER VISIT TO THE FARNE ISLANDS— Rev. H. H. Slater, M.A., F.Z.S. 

 ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM UPPER COQUETDALE— J. Cordeaux, M.B.O.U, 

 MERLINS AND THEIR TRAINING— H. T. Archer. 



ORNITHOLOGY OF UPPER COQUETDALE— Abel Chapman, M.B.O.U. 

 BIRDS OF THE SOLWAY DISTRICT— J. J. Armistead. 

 AVIFAUNA OF UPPER TEESDALE— J. Backhouse, Jun., M.B.O.U. 

 ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE NORTHUMBERLAND COAST— A. C. Chap- 

 man. 



THE TWO SPOTTED EAGLES INHABITING THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT— 



J. H. Gurney, F.Z.S. 

 THE RAVEN IN BOWLAND— F. S. Mitchell, M.B.O.U. 

 BIRDS OF THE DERBYSHIRE PEAK— F. B. Whitlock. 

 LIST OF WENSLEYDALE BIRDS— E. Chapman. 



AVIFAUNA OF UPPER NIDDERDALE— W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., and W. Storey. 

 MARFIELD POND, MASHAM, AND ITS BIRD-LIFE— Thomas Carter. 

 NOTES ON THE CUCKOO— A. Crawhall Chapman. 



A YORKSHIRE EXAMPLE OF STURNUS UNICOLOR— J. Backhouse, jun., M.B.O.U. 

 THE PIED FLYCATCHER IN NORTHUMBERLAND— A. Crawhall Chapman. 

 NOTES ON THE EAGLES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT— John Watson, 

 THE BIRDS OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENS AND WOLDS IN 1612— Michael 



Drayton's Stanzas, annotated by John Cordeaux, M.B.O.U. 

 THE RIVER TEES: ITS MARSHES, AND THEIR FAUNA— Roger Lofthouse. 

 LITTLE GULLS AT FLAMBOROUGH HEAD— J. H. Gurney, jun., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 

 LOCAL SPECIMENS OF RARE BIRDS IN THE MUSEUM AT NEWCASTLE-ON- 



TYNE— Dr. J. T. T. Reed. 

 ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM LINCOLNSHIRE AND NORFOLK— Oliver V. 

 . Aplin. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM REDCAR IN 1886— T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U. 

 AN UNRECORDED OCCURRENCE OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE IN YORKSHIRE— 



Herbert Prodham. 



A NATURALIST'S RAMBLE ON THE FARNE ISLANDS— T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U. 

 NOTES ON THE BREEDING OF THE BLACK-HEADED GULL NEAR GARSTANG— 



J. A. Jackson. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DURING 



1885 — Riley Fortune. 

 A VISIT TO RAINWORTH LODGE— Oliver V. Aplin. 



