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THE 
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AMERICAN NATURALIST 
An Jllustrated WMagazine 
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NATURAL HISTORY. 
EDITED BY 
EDWARD D. COPE anp J. S. KINGSLEY, 
ASSISTED BY 
W. S. BAYLEY, CHARLES E. BESSEY, F. S. LEE, T. H. MORGAN, 
CLARENCE M. WEED, THOMAS WILSON, 
C. O. WHITMAN. 
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VOLUME XXV. 
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