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The Editors hope to publish the following papers within tlie next fezv months : — • 



Moss- flora of Asiaton-under-Lyne District— John Whitehead. 

 Contributions to Phenology--R. Rosenstock, b.a. 



The Migrations of the Salmonidse (Part 2)— Francis Day, CLE., F.Z.S., &c. 



Notes on Solway Birds— J. J. Armistead (Conclusion). 

 Notes on Birds of High Peak— F. B. Whitlock. 

 List of Wensleydale Birds— John Percival. 



Lepidopterous Fauna of Lancashire & Cheshire (Part 3, Bombyces)— Dr. Ellis. 

 Hymenoptera near York in 1885— Thos. Wilson. 



Liverpool Coleoptera (Parts 7, 8, 9, 10)— J. W. Ellis, L.R.C.P., &c. 



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

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