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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



* A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



EDITED BY 



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

 Keeper, Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 



_ PERCY H. GRIM3HAW, F R.S.K., 

 Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum. 



This Magazine — founded in 1871 — i"? devoted to the publication of Origfinal Matter relating to the 

 Natural Hisfo1-y of Scotland, and irtchideskPaptrs contributing to the elucidation of the Fauna, 

 Observations on Lif-? Histories, etc., ;ind Notes recording the occurrence of uucomtaon species and 

 other useful and interesting facts. 



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