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ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY, 



A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. 



Edited by 



J. A. HARYIE-BROWN, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., Member of the British 



Ornithologists' Union ; 



JAMES W, H. TRAIL, M.A., M.O., F.R.S., F.L.S., Professor of Botany 



in the University of Aberdeen; 



WM. EAGLE CLARKE, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., &c, Keeper of the Natural 



History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. 



This Magazine— a companion of '* The Scottish Naturalist," founded in 1871— is 

 entirely devoted to the publication of Original Matter relating to the Natural History of 

 Scotland, and includes Papers contributing to the elucidation of the Fauna and Flora 

 recent and fossil, Observations on Life Histories, etc., and Notes recording the occurrence 

 of uncommon species and other useful and interesting facts. 



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