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THE ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTOEL 
A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, 
EDITED BY 
J. A. HARVIE-BROWN, F.R S.E., F.Z.S., 
Member of the British Ornithologists' Union ; 
JAMES W. H. TRAIL, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 
Professor of Botany in the University of Aberdeen ^ 
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natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. 
This Mafrazine— a continuation of "Tbe Scottish Naturalist,' founded in 1871— is entirely devoted 
to the publication of Original Matter relating to the Natural History of Scotland, and includes Papers 
con'.rihuting to the elucidation of the Fauna and Flora recent and fossil, Observations on Life Histories 
etc., and Notes recordingthe occur rence of uncommon species and o ther useful and interesting facts. ' 
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