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THE SCOTTISiH NATURALIST. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



BDITEO BY 



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

 Keep$r, National History Department, Royai Scouish Museum, Edinburgh 



WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E. 

 Member oj the British Ornithologists' Union, 



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

 Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, 



This Magazine— founded in 187 1— is devoted to the publication of Original Matter relatinr to the 

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

 Qbservations on Life Histories, etc., and Notes recordiug the occurrence of uncommon species and 

 other useful and interesting facts. 



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