THE NATURALIST'S BULLETIN, FUB. BY PRANK H. LATTTN, ALBION, N. T. 



THE OOLQGIST 



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 data, of Mourning Dove; 17 Fine spec. 

 Pink Coral, Caroline Isles; 18 Fine spec. Red 

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