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.Vnimal Life, March 1903. [Editor. 



Journal of Conch olog-y, April 1903. [Editor. 



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Cleveland Nat. Field Club. Proceedings, 1901 (publ. 1903). [.Society. 



Proc. Manchester Field Club, Vol. i, Part i, 1899 (publ. 1903). [Society. 

 The Story of Lost England, 1903. [G. Newnes, Ltd. 



Le Mois Scientifique, Fev 1903. [Editor. 



Nautilus, March 1903. [Editor. 



Kansas University Quarterly, Oct. 1901 and Sept. 1902. [L^niversity. 



Hobbies, 14th, 21st, and 28th March, 4th April 1903. [Editor. 



Revue Bryologique, Xo. 2, 1903. [Editor. 

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Naturae Novitates, Nos. i, 2, and 3, 1903. [Editor. 



Wombat, \'ol. 5, No. 4, Dec. 1902 (two copies). [Editor. 



Zoolog-ist, March 1903. [Editor. 



Entom. Record, March 1903. [Editor. 



Eig-hty-second Animal Report Leeds Phil, and Lit. Society'. [Societv. 



Twenty-fourth .Annual Report Rochdale Lit. and Sci. Societ}'. [Society. 



Bucher-V'erzeichniss, No. 448. [Friedlander. 



Knowledg-e, April 1903. [Editor. 



New Phytologist, 30tli Marcli 1903. [Editor. 



Scientific Proceeding-s Ro\-. Dublin Soc, Feb. 1903. [The Societv. 



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Scientific Transactions Ro}-. Dublin Soc, May 1902 (two). [The Societv. 



Scientific Transactions Ro}-. Dublin Soc, Sep. 1902. [The Societv. 



Scientific Transactions Rov. Dublin Soc, April 1902. [The Society. 



Proc. Liverpool Nat. Field Club for 1902 (1903). [Club. 



Line Notes and Queries, April 1903. " -.., [Editor. 



Nature Notes, April 1903. ••.> [Editor. 



Irish Naturalist, April 1903. '■/. [Editor. 



Familiar Wild Birds, Part i, 1903. ', [Publishers. 

 Census of British Land-^and Fi-eshwater ^lolhisca [Conchological .Soc. 



La Feuille Des Jeunes Naturalistes, Avril 1903. ^ [Editor. 



Moss Exchangfe Club. Report for 1902. ■ [Secretary. 



i\Iineralogical Mag-a/ine, February 1903. . '" [Editor. 



Annals of .Scottish Natural HistoVj'y -April 1903. [Editors. 



Geographv, .April 1903. [Editor. 



Journal, .\e\v York Botanical Garden, March 1902. [F2ditor. 



