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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST, 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINK, 



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WM. IvAGLlv CLARKK. F R.S.I^., F.I..S., 

 Keeper, Na(uta/ History I >et'ai tmeut. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. 



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 Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum. 



ThiM Matfazine- founded in 1871— is devoted to tlie publicaiion of Original Matter relating to the 

 Natural TIiHtory of Scotland, and includes Papers contrihutinj? to the elucidation of the Fauna, 

 Observations oh I.ife Histories, ere., and Notes recoi dint; the occurrence of uncommon species and 

 other useful and interesting facts. 



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