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THE HISTORY 



OF Till-: 



COLLECTIONS 



CONTAINED IX THE 



NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENTS 



of tiik 



BRITISH MUSEUM 



VOL. II. 



SEPARATE HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE 



SEVERAL COLLECTIONS INCLUDED IN THE 



DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 



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