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THE LABRADOR COAST, 



A JOURNAL OF TWO SUIVIIVIER CRUISES 

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 THE CIVIL AND NATURAL HISTORY 

 OF THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. 



By ALPHEUS SPRING PACKARD, M.D., Ph.D. 



Sportsmen and ornithologists wil oe interested in 

 the list of Labrador birds by Mr. L. W. Turner, 

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INDEX 



TO VOLUME XVIII OF 



SCIENCE 



is in preparation, and will be 

 issued at an early date. 



ininerals, 



Rocks, 



Fossils, 



Casts of Fossils, 



Creoiogical 



Relief Maps. 



Ward'sNatural Science Establishment 



Mineralogy, Geology, Paleontology, Zoology, Osteology, Anatomy. 



Send for Circular. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



StnfTed Animals 



and Skins, 



Monnteo 



Skeletons, 



Anatomical 



Models 



Ii^Tcrtebratcs 



