^£3 THE HISTORY 



OF THE 



COLLECTIONS 



CONTAINED IN THE 



NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENTS 



OF THE 



BRITISH MUSEUM 



BIEDS 



VV BY 



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E. BOWDLER SHARPE, LL.D., 



ASSISTANT KEEPER, DEPAKTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, BPJTISH MUSEUM. 



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1906. 



