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devoted exclusively to those branches of Natural 

 Science, and will be entirely under the superin- 

 tendence of Sir W. Jardine, Bart., P. J. Selby, 

 Esq., and Dr. Johnson, of Berwick. It will be 

 published on the first day of every second month. 

 Each number will contain six sheets of octavo letter- 

 press, with illustrative plates and wood-cuts. Its 

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 The outline of its plan is proposed to be : — 



Section I. Original Papers. — Monographs ; 

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 Species; Details of .'Animal Structure ; Disquisitions 

 on the Habits, Affinities, and Distribution of Animals, 

 and Plants ; Essays on Nomenclature ; Biographies. 



Section II. Reviews.- — Reviews properly speak- 

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Section III. — Translations, S;c. — Translations of 

 important and interesting Papers from the French, 

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 general analysis of the contents of those periodicals ; 

 extracts from Voyages and Travels, and other Works 

 not professedly treating of Natural History. 



Section IV. — Intelligence.— Zoological and Bo- 

 tanical ; Discovery or notices of new or rare Animals 

 and Plants, not British ; Notices of Tours and 

 Travellers ; Biographical Notices ; Proceedings (Zoo- 

 logical and Botanical) of Societies ; Appointments 

 to Professorships, Lectureships, &c. : Obituary. 



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