THE AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE 



Edited by II. I). ASTLEY. 



For the study of Foreign and British Birds in Freedom and in Captivity. 



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POCKET BOOK of BRITISH BIRDS 



By E. F. M. ELMS. 



With Description of British Species and Distinguishing Characters ; 

 Habits ; Food ; Language or Song ; Nest and Eggs. 



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Description of the Nests and Eggs of Birds which Breed in Britain, 

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Aristotle's Researches in Natural Science 



By THOMAS E. LONES, M.A., LL.D., B.Sc. 



With Illustrative Drawings. 

 Contents : 



Introductory — Method of Investigation — Celestial, Atmospheric, and 

 Terrestrial Phenomena — Light and Colour, Heat and Sound— Animals, 

 Plants, and Inanimate Matter— Dissections — -Homoeomeria — Anhomceo- 

 meria and their functions — Animal Motion — Generation and Develop- 

 ment — Classification of Animals — Anaima, or Animals without Blood — 

 Enaima, or Animals with Blood. 

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