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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



EDITED BY 



WM. EAGLE CLARKE, F.K.S.E., F.L.S.. 

 Keeper, National History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh 



WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E. 

 Member oy the British Ornithologists' Union. 



PERCY H. GRIM3HAW, F.R.S.E., 

 N Mural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum 



This Magazine— founded in 1 87 1— is devoted to the publication of Orig-inal Matter relating to the 

 ■Natural History of Sicotland, and includes Papers contributing to the elticidation of the Fauna, 

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

 )ther useful and interesting facts. 



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