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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



A ]\rONTHT.Y MAGAZINE, 



EDITED BY 



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



Keeper, National History Department, Royal Scouish Museum, Edinburgh 



WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E. 

 Member of the- British Ornithologista' Union. 



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

 Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, 



Thii? Magazine — founded in 1 87 1 — is devoted to the publication of Orig:inal Matter relating to tne 

 Natural History- of ^^cotland. and includes Papers contributing' to the elucidation of the Fauna, 

 Observations, on Lif^. Histories, etc.} and Notes recording^ the occurrence of uncommon species a^d 



other useful and interesting facts. - « ■ 



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