THE 
NATURALISTS JOURNAL, 
A Monthly Medium for Collectors and Students of Nature 1 History . 
LONDON: 
Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. 
Vol. II, No, 13. JULY, 1893, One Penny, 
The Recognised Medium of 
THE PRACTICAL NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY, 
Edited by H. K. SWANN. 
CONTENTS- 
PAGE 
To Our Readers. 1 
A Glimpse at the Cabbage 
and some Cabbage Eaters 2 
Bird Life in Wanstead Park 5 
The Practical Naturalist : 
Practical Piints on Collecting 
_Diptera.... 6 
To Museums & Private Collectors. 
W. K. MANN, patera list, 
(Established 1868), 
PAGE 
Correspondence : 
Natural History in Board 
Schools ; Zonaria at Wallasey : 
Argynnis euphrosyne . 8 
Notes and News. 9 
Book Notes. 10 
For Sale and Wanted . 10 
Exchanges . ie 
To Correspondents . 12 
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