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ae ANIMAL LIFE, << 
And the World of Nature. 
CONTENTS, JANUARY, 1904. 
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Painted by Florence Seth. From a Photo by Reinhold Thiele. 
1. HYBRID BIRDS - - - - - - By Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.8.. &c. 205 
I.—Illustrated with Bnotesnaring ay W. P. Danae, F. ZS. 
If.—Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. 
2. ZOO NOTES - - Illustrated with Photographs by W. P. Dando, F.Z.S., and Captain Stanley Flower 212 
THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR CICADA - - - - - By P. St. Michael Podmore, M.A., F.Z.S., &c. 219 
Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. 
4. ANIMAL DENTITION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By R. Lydekker 221 
Illustrated with Drawings. 
5. UNCOMMON PETS.—XII. THE LYNX - - - - By P. Wellington Farmborough, E.Z.S8., F.E.S., &c. 229 
Illustrated with Photographs. ; : 
. TRACHS OF ANIMAL HABITS.—PART II. - = - - - - - By Walter Kidd, M.D., F.Z.8. 231 
7. OUR COLOURED PLATE - 2 - - 2 - = 2 : Z 3 2 3 F E e - 936 
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