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THE ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY. 



A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, 



EDITED BY 



J. A. HARVIE-BROWN, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., 



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JAMES \V. H. TRAIL, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



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This Magazine— a continuation of "Tbe Scottish Naturalist,' founded in 1871— is entirely devoted 

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