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On the Eastern and Western Forms of the Nutcracker, Leonhard Stejneger, 
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MammMatta.—White Weasel in the New Forest, G. B. Corbin, 449. Notes on 
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Hart, F.L.S., 454. Crossbills in Co. Waterford; Redstart in Co. Water- — 
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455. Spoonbills in Co. Kerry, E. Williams, 455. Velvet Scoter in Leicester- — 
shire, Rev. A. Matthews, M.A., 455. Osprey on the Thames, J. L. Collison ~ 
Morley,455. Classification of the Macrochires, Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, 456. 
Screnriric Socteties.—Linnean, 456. Zoological, 457. Entomological, 458. 
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