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THE AMALS 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 W. H. TRAIL, M.A., M.D , F.R.S., F.L.S. 



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 to the publication of Original Matter relating to the Natural History of Scotland, and includes Papers 

 contributing to the elucidation of the Fauna and Flora recent and fossil Observations on Life Histories, 

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