.15 AUR. 9-4 
R® « 
r :0m 
THB 
fmmtal, 
/4 Monthly Medium for Collectors and Students of Natural History. 
LONDON: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. 
VOL. II., No. 17. 
NOVEMBER 1893. 
Price 2d. 
THE RECOGNISED MEDIUM OF 
T38E3S PRACTICAL NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY, 
Edited by H. K. SWANN. 
With the assistance of Albert H. Waters, b.a., &e., A. Ford and H. Durrant. 
PAGE 
A GLIMPSM AT THE CABBAGE & 
some Cabbage Eaters . 57 
RARiE Aves . 61 
Hints for the Month : Pupa 
Hunting; Conchological Notes.. 63 
The Practical Naturalist : 
Practical Hints on Collecting 
Coleoptera. 65 
PAGE 
Birds of Cambridgeshire .... 67 
Field Clubs and Societies.... 68 
Correspondence : Notes from 
Royston ; Icterine Warbler in 
Norfolk ; Simyra uenosa . 71 
To Correspondents. 72 
Book Notes . 72 
0. F, T47S.3H & m's 
ENTOMOLOGICAL PINS 
Small Heads and Perfect Points, White, 
Black, and Gilt. 
BIRMINGHAM & LONDON. 
Sold by Dealers throughout the world. 
SUMNER’S 
NATURALISTS’ STORES, 
136, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 
THE KENSINGTON INSECTAKIUM. 
Ht. 6-in. 7-in. 8-in. 9-in. 11-in. 12-in. 
Dia. 3-in. 3f-in. 4-in. 4^-in. 5-in. 5iin 
Price 2/- 2/6 3/- 3/6 4/6 5/6' 
Living Specimens of Birds, Reptiles, Eish, In¬ 
sects, &c., kept in stock, Aviaries, Cages, Aquar¬ 
iums. 0 ological and Entomological Cabinets and 
Apparatus, and every description of requisites for 
all branches of Natural History. 
135, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 
HERBERT W. MARSDEN, 
NATURAL, LLISTORY AR3SNT & BOOKSELLER, 
21, NEW BOND STREET, BATH. 
Cabinets and Apparatus. Entomological Pins. Waxed Leaves and Glass Eyes 
Store Boxes, Nets, &c. Taxidermists’ Tools. Walking Stick and Air Guns. 
The largest and most reliable stock of BIRDS’ SKINS and BIRDS’ EGGS in 
England. British, European & Exotic Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, &c. 
New & Second-hand Books. Exchange & Label Lists. Taxidermy in all its branches 
Send stamped addressed wrapper for Catalogue of January, 1893. 
N.B.—Mr. Marsden’s business, established twenty-one years ago in Gloucester, was removed to 
Bath in 1889, and he has no successors in Gloucester, or agents there or elsewhere. 
