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THE 
NATURALISTS' JOURNAL, 
A Monthly Medium for Collectors and Students of Natural History. 
LONDON: 
W. Longley, 12, White Hart Street, Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. 
Vol, i, No. 4. October, 1892. One Penny. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Notes on the Lepidoptera of 
Eastern North America ... 37 
The Autobiography of a 
Swan-Mussel. 38 
Newts, Frogs, and Toads ... 40 
The Practical Naturalist 
Collecting and Preserving 
Birds’ Eggs and .Nests .. ... 41 
A Shell Hunt at the Wren’s 
Nest.43 
PAGE 
Notes and News : 
A Stork in Essex; A Red¬ 
footed Falcon near London; 
The Jay; Nightjars near 
London; The Blackcap and 
Nightingale; A Cormorant 
caught by an Oyster ; Lubri- 
cipeda Larvae and their Food ; 
The Birds of London ; etc, etc. 44 
For Sale and Wanted. 47 
Exchanges. 47 
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