THE MEDITERRANEAN NATURALIST 
“Sketches Written in and about Malta” 
Price One Shilling 
CONTENTS. 
1. AN AFTERNOON AT COMING. 
2. RECOLLECTIONS OF CITTA VECCHIA. 
3. A ROAM THROUGH EMTAHLEB. 
4. MALTA’S FOLK-LORE. 
5. ANCIENT LIFE IN MALTA. 
6. THE STALACTITE CAVE, AND CALYPSO’S GROTTO. 
7. A TRIP TO GOZO. 
8. THE BUILDING OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS. 
9. A RAMBLE TO THE GIANT’S TOWER, GOZO. 
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Zbc flDeblterranean naturalist. 
A Monthly Journal of Natural Science. Subscription 5/- per annum. 
Contents-December. 
1 Sketch of the Geology of Pantelleria, importance of 
its thermal springs to the Maltese— Cav. G. 
Jervis, F.G.S. 93 
2 The Botany and Geology of Egypt— Rev. Professor 
Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. 97 
3 Military Pigeons 99 
4 Theories of Mountain Formation— T. Mellard Reade., 
C.E., F.G.S., F.R.I.B.A., 99 
5 The Climate of the Maltese Islands— J. II. Cooke. 102 
b Notes on the Lepidoptera of Malta — Alf. Caruana 
Gatto, B. A. P 05 
i Science Gossip : — ‘‘La Natura ’ — Vine diseases — Lon- 
gevity of Birds— Area and currents of the Medi- 
terranean — Rhus vernicifera — Belgium Iguano- 
dons, &c. &c. 107 
Contents- January. 
— — Page 
1 Remarks upon the Relationship of the Molluscan 
Fauna of the Red Sea and Mediterranean— Edgar 
A. Smith, F.Z.S. 409 
2 The Geological Photographs Committee of the 
British Association e ni its work. Ill 
3 Notes on Ant’s— Nest Beetles at Gibraltar ai.i 
Tangier— J. J. Walker. R.N., F.E.S. 112 
4 The Latest Theory of Volcanoes, 113 
5 Cyprus— Lt. Gen. Sir R. Biddulph, G.C.M.G., C.3. 111 
6 The Samos Fossil Mammals. 11 - 
7 Occurrence of “Chrysophrys” in the Malta Miocene. IIS 
8 Observations on the Geology of the Maltese Islands 
by J. H. Cooke. 118 
9 JV Acs and News :— Learned societies France— “'Ste- 
reodonMelitensis” — Expedition of the ViteorPisani 
—Earthquakes in February— Destruction of the 
Mosquito— Fossil leviathans— Origin of the Canary 
— The Mediterranean as a tideless sea— Maltese 
Mammalian Fauna— “Rassegnu delle Scienze Geo- 
logiche in Italia” etc. etc. 122 
10 Discovery of the remains of a fossil whale near \ : 
Vecchia. 124 
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Publisher, 48, Strada Mercanti, Valletta. 
