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THE ANNALS OP SCOTTISH NATDEAL HISTORY. 



A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, 



EDITED BY 



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



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JAMES W. H. TRAIL, M.A., M.D., F.R.S-, F.L.S. 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Aberdeen , 



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

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

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

 etc., and Notes reeordingtlie occurrence of uncommon species and other useful aaa interestmg facts. 



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