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Page 64, line 7, for " Willoughby " read " Willughby." 



,, 92, ,, 13, ,, "seeks" read "decks." 



,,117, ,, 3, ,, " Fringellida" read " Fringillida" 



,, 120, ,, 12, ,, " cannatina " read " cannabinaT 



,, 146, 20, ,, "Tous"razo' "Sous." 



,, 194, ,, 19, after " path " read " pursue. " 



379> 9> /<w " DOG-BEAN " read " BOG-BEAN." 



,, 379, ,, 10, ,, " trifo liatu m " read " trifoliata" 



, , 381, , , II, , , " Scripiis " read ' ' Scz'rpus." 



the rat is of the family Muridce. The vole was formerly- 

 considered to be an aberrant form of the beaver family, 

 but through the researches of Mr. Waterhouse it is 

 now placed between the American musk-rat and the 

 lemmings. 



This interesting little animal is, we believe, a pure 

 vegetarian, although Professor Huxley (The Crayfish, p. 9), 

 states that it is extremely partial to this crustacean as an 



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