A Monthly Medium for Collectors and Students of Natural History. 
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Vol. II., No. 15. SEPTEMBER 1893. Price 2d. 
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A Glimpse at the Cabbage & 
some Cabbage Eaters . 25 
In a Canadian Forest. ....... 29 
Nature and Naturalists at 
Bqokham : A Whit-Monday 
Ramble. 31 
Correspondence : Argynnis eu- 
phrosvne; The Colouring of 
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Eggs ; Winter notes from Som¬ 
erset ; Jottings from my note 
books; A visit to Belle-isle ; 
The humming-bird hawk moth ; 
Notes from Ostend ; Notes from 
Royston . 36 
' To Correspondents. 40 
( Notes and News...... 40 
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