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PUBLICA TIONS RECEI VED. February. 



New Phytolos^ist. [Editor. 

 Thoroug-hbreds and their Gra.ssland, No. 2, by E. A. \V. Peacock. 



Friedla;nder's Biicher-Yerzeichniss, No. 447. [Friedlaiider & Solin, Piibl. 



Hobbies, 24th and 31st January, 7th and 14th February 1903. [The Pr.blisbers. 

 La Feuille Des Jeunes Naturalistes, i Fev. 1903. 



Knowledg'e, February 1903. [Editor. 



Zoologist, January 1903. [West, Newman >.\; Co.. Publ. 



La Nuova Notarisia, Gen., Apl. , Lug. 1902. [Dr. S. B. de Toni, Modena. 

 Bull. Geol. Institution, Upsala, 1901. 



Entomolog"ists' Record, January 1903. [Editor. 



Equisetum Hyeniale in Westerness, Arthur Bennett. (Author. 



Acorus Calamus in Engfland, Arthur Bennett. [.Author. 



Journal of Malacology, December 1902. [Editor. 

 Etomologisk Tidskrift, 1, 2, 3, and 4, 1902. 



Naturaj Novitates, Nos. 21, 22, it,, and 24, 1902. [Friedl.-inder & Sohn, Publ. 



Mem. and Pro. of Mauch. Lit. and Phil. Society, \"ol. 47, Part IL [Society. 



Nature Study, February 1903. [Editor. 



Nature Notes, February 1903. [Editor. 



Irish Naturalist, February 1903. [Editor. 



Le Mois Scientifique, January 1903. [J. B. Bailliei'e & F'ils, Paris. 



Revue Bryolog"ique, Januar}' 1903. [M. T. Husnot, Cahan. 



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