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LIST of the VERTEBRATED ANIMALS 



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Vol XLVIII. Edited by \V. H. Bates, F.L.S., Assistant-Secretary. 



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I. A Visit to the Valley of the Yenisei. By Henry Seebohm. 

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3. Third and Fourth Journeys in Gaza, or Southern Mozambique, 1873 to 



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Capt. W. J. Gill, R.E. (Map.) 



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Douglas Forsyth in 1873-74. By Capt. H. Trotter. R.E. (Map.) 



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