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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



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

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 Natural History of ^^cotland, and includes Papers contributing to the elucidation of t^e • K;«una, 

 Observations On Lifrt Histories, etc., and Notes recordiiig tiie occurrence of uncorataon specias and 

 other useful and interesting facts. 



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