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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 

 Edited by 

 WM. EAGLE CLARKE. F.R.S.E., F.L.S.. 

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



WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E. 



Member of the British Omitholdf^isfs' Union. • 



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

 Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum 



This Magazine — founded in 1 871 — 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 Lif-i Histories, etc., and Notes recording the occurrence of uncommon species and 

 other useful and interesting facts. 



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