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shall be glad to publish further notes on our lizards in 

 these columns, particularly observations on the habits and 

 distribution, concerning both of which matters we have 

 still a great deal to learn. 



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It is with very great regret that we record the death of 

 Mr. J. J. Fitzpatrick, President of the Liverpool Natural- 

 ists' Field Club. Mr. Fitzpatrick will be much missed by 

 many of the local scientific societies. His knowledge of 

 geology and archaeology, and his particularly genial tempera- 

 ment, made him a most welcome and valuable member of the 

 Geological Society, the Science Students' Association, and the 

 club of which he was president. His presidential address, 

 which he was to have given at the November meeting, will 

 be read on the same date as was originally fixed. 



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With this issue the F. N. Q. reaches the end of its 

 second year of publication, completing Volume II. We 

 therefore include in this number the full list of contents of 

 the volume, together with an index of the year's subject- 

 matter, so that those who wish to have the four numbers 

 bound may do so with the least possible trouble. The 

 publisher has made arrangements for binding Volume II. in 

 an attractive manner, the cost and other details of which 

 are stated under the Notices at the end of this issue. Sub- 

 scribers who desire to avail themselves of this are requested 

 to send the four issues as soon as possible to the publisher. 



The Wild Horse (Equus prjevalskii, 

 Poliakoff). 



By J. Cossar Ewart, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Natural 

 History, University of Edinburgh. 



(Extracts from a paper read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 

 15th June 1903.) 



In the time of Pallas and Pennant, as in the days of 

 Oppian and Pliny, it was commonly believed true wild 



