26017

THE

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

AND

NATURAL SCIENCE:

THE JOURNAL OF

The Postal Microscopical Society,

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY.

Knowledge is not given us to keep, but to impart: its worth is lost
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ALFRED ALLEN,

HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE POSTAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY;

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CONTENTS.

Noctiluca Miliaris ..

Excessive Voracity of the Female Mantis

Thirty-six Hours' Hunting among the Lepidoptera, etc.
Whirligig Beetles

Chart of the Genus Gyrinus

The Microscope and how to use it

Half-an-Hour at the Microscope with Mr. Tuffen West
Longitudinal Section of Alder

Red Earth Mite

Skin of Dog-Fish

Parasite of Vulture

Reviews

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THE

NATURALIST:

A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF

Natural History for the North of England,

EDITED BY

Wm. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., and Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S. THE object of the JOURNAL is the elucidation of the Natural History, Geology, and Physical Features of the Ten Northern Counties' of England.

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In the Early Numbers have appeared numerous Short Notes and the following Articles :

The Spurn and its Natural History-John Cordeaux ;

Notes on Teesdale Botany-James Backhouse;

The Seven Sleepers in Manx Tradition-J. M. Jeffcott;

Deposit of Lacustrine Marl in West Yorks.-Prof. G. A. Lebour, M. A., F.G.S;

The Marine Shells of Yorkshire-Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A.;

Micro-Palæontology of Northern Carboniferous Shales-G. R. Vine;

Coleoptera of Liverpool-Dr. J. W. Ellis;

Wild Cat in Lincolnshire-John Cordeaux;

The Bull-Trout-Rev. M. G. Watkins, M.A.;

Variation in European Lepidoptera-W. F. de V. Kane, M.A. ;

A new Maritime Form of Wood Vetch-O. C. Druce, F.L.S.;

Capture of Rudolphi's Rorqual at Goole-T. Bunker;

Winter Visit to the Farne Islands-Rev. H. H. Slater, M.A., F.Z.S.

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