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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



' A MONTHT,Y MAGAZINE, 



EDITED BY 



JAMES RITCHIE, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.E.. F.L.S.. 

 Keeper. National History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. 



WILLIAM EVANS. F.R.S.E. 

 Member oj the British Ornithologists' Union. 



PERCY H. GRIMSHAW, F.R.S.R., 

 Natural History Department. Royal Scottish Museum. 



This Magazine — founded in 1871 — is devoted to the publication of Original Matter relating to the 

 Natural History of Scotland, and includes Papers contributing to the elucidation of the Fauna, 

 Observations on Life Histories, etc., and Notes recording the occurrence of uncommon species and 



other useful and interesting facts. 



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