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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST, 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



EDITED BY 



WM. EAGLE CLARKE. F.R.S.E.. F.L-S., 

 Keeper, Natural History Department , Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. 



WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E., 

 Member of the British Ornithologists' Union ; 

 PERCY H. GRIMSHAW, F.R.S.E., 

 Natural History Department. Rnval Scottish Museum, 



This Magazine— founded in 1871 — is devoted to the publication of Original Matter relating to the 

 Natural History of Scotland, and includes Papers contributing to the elucidation of the Fauna, 

 Observations on Life Histories, etc., and Notes recording the occurrence of uncommon species and 

 other useful and interesting facta. 



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