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THE OX. By R. Lydekker. With many Illustrations.


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This work will prove welcome alike to the naturalist, the antiquary, the breeder, and

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The Fresh-water Fishes of the British Isles.


By C. Tate Regan, M .A. , Assistant in the Zoological Department of the British

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A popular account of the fishes of our lakes and rivers. This is not a book about

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The Life of Crustacea. By W. T. Caiman, B.Sc.


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