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CONTENTS, AUGUST, 1908. 
Frontispircr : SOME CURIOUSLY-COLOURED BATS. 
From an original painting by Harington Bird. 
1. THE BIRD LIFE OF THE BRECK DISTRICT, PART II. - - 3 = 5 - By Wm. Farren 29 
Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. 
2. ZOO NOTES - - - - - 
Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. 
PAGE 
- - By W. P. Dando, F.Z.S. 35 
3. MIDGES? GNATS? OR MOSQUITOES ? - - - - - - By T. A. Gerald Strickland, F.E.S. 40 
Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. : 
4. UNCOMMON PETS - - - - - - - - By P. Wellington Farmborough, F.Z.S., F.E.S., etc. 42 
VIII. LIZARDS. 
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5. SOME CURIOUSLY-COLOURED BATS - - - - - - - - - - - By R. Lydekker 45 
6. MORE ARCTIC DOGS—AND OTHERS - - - - - - - - 2 = 2 = = 3 = dé) 
Illu trated with Photographs. 
7. ANIMAL ANECDOTES - - - - - - - = 5 = - - 2 s = = S se 5a 
Tllustrated with Drawings. 
8. NOTES AND COMMENTS - - - - - - = 2 2 = = 2 = - = a Be 5G 
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