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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



A MONTH T.Y MAGAZINE. 



EDITED BY 



WM. EAGLE eLARKE. F.R S.E.. F.L.S.. 

 Keeper National History Department, Royal Scottish Museum. Edinburgh^ 



WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E. 

 ^ Member Oj the British Ornithologists' Union. 



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

 N Mural History Department. Royal Scottish Museum. 



This Mag-azine— founded in 1871 — is devoted to the pubhcation of Origfinal Matter relating to the 

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

 Observations on Lif<s Histories, etc., and Notes recording the occurrence of uncommon species and 

 other useful and interesting facts. ' 



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