THE MEDITERRANEAN NATURALIST 
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CRETACEOUS INVERTEBRATA, AND TERTIARY YERTEBRATA 
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therium, (or Brontotherium, Marsh) Oreodon, Rhinoceros, Anceitherium, 
Elotherium, Mesohippus etc. 
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A Monthly Journal of Natural Science. Subscription 5/- per annum. 
Contents-March. 
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1 Corsica— Sir. R, Lambert Playfair, K.C.M.G. 141 
2 The Fossil Whale from Citth Vecchia— Prof. Van. 
Bencden. 143 
3 Lampedusa, and its sponge Fisheries— John H. 
Cooke. 143 
4 The Poppy and its Cultivation. 143 
5 Mediterranean Lepidoptera— Phil. de la Garde R.N. 147 
6 ./Etna and its Lava Streams J.E.S. 148 
7 New Clausilue from Malta— A. A. Caruana Gatto 
M.C.S. 148 
8 Notes on Ant’s-Nest- Beetles at Gibraltar and Tan- 
gier— J.J. Walker R.N.,F.E.S. 150 
9 A Constribution to the Moss Flora of Malta— Prof. 
E. Sickenberger, 151 
10 Observations on the Geology of the Maltese Islands 
—John K. Cooke. 152 
11 Notes and ferns:— Vesuvius, — Excavations at Or- 
tygia. — A. weather lexicon.” — The tarantula.— 
Prehistoric remains at Brunn.— Birds, and their 
habits.— The Mare Ubbriaco— Researches of Pou- 
chet— Weather prognostics in the Mediterranean. 
&c. 154 
Contents" April. 
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1 The Sirocco, and the Maltese Islands— J. H. Cooke 157 
2 Deep sea explorations in the Mediterranean 159 
3 Diseases of the Malta Orange— Prof. T. Toggetti 160 
4 Theories of Mountain Formation— T. Ivlcllard 
Reade, C.E., F.G.S., etc. 161 
5 The Soil of the Maltese Island's. 164 
6 Disappearance of Spondylus goed&ropvs from Mal- 
tese Waters— A. Caruana Gatto, B.A. 
7 Science Gossip, 
8 The Tunisian Locust Plague. 
9 Samos, its fossils and their age, 
10 The Meteorology of the .Maltese Islands. 
11 The Maltese Fossil Ecliinoidea. 
12 Mummy Wheat. 
13 Notes and News. 
14 Books etc., received. 
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