April 15, 1891 
No. 16. Vol. II 
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OciCTYS 
BGH’ZiNC 
ORGANISED OBSERVATION. 
By Arthur H. Macpherson, B.A. 
A NEGLECTED PART OF FIELD BOTANY. 
By the Rev. Prof. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S. 
THE ORLETON SWIFTS: A LETTER TO LORD 
SELBORNE. 
By Aubrey Edwards. 
NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF RARE 
PLANTS IN BRITAIN. 
By the Right Rev. Bishop Mitchinson, D.D. 
THE DECREASE OF KINGFISHERS. 
By the Rev. H. D. Gordon, M.A. 
SELBORNIANA. 
The River Bank at Richmond. 
Evolution. 
Who Kills our Kingfishers? 
Birds and Bonnets. 
Swallows in February. 
Frogs as Weather Prophets. 
Primrose-Grubbing. 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Specimens Named. 
Butterflies in Winter. 
A Muscovy Duck. 
Singing Birds in the London Parks. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES ; WORK OF BRANCHES, &c. 
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