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BEING 



STUDIES IN ORNITHOLOGY & OOLOGY 



BY 



CHARLES DIXON 



author of 



'rural bird -life,' 'evolution without natural selection,' etc. 



part author of ' a history of british birds ' 



WITH TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES WHYMPER 

 AND A FRONTISPIECE BY J. G. KEULEMANS 



LONDON 



RICHAED BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET 



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