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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



EDITED BY 



JAMES RITCHIE, M.A., D.Sc, F.R S.E., F.L.S.. 

 Keeper. National History Department. Royal Scofiisk 'Museum, Edinburgh 



WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E. 

 Member o) the British Ornithologists' Union. 



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

 Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum 



This Mag'azine — founded in 187 1 — is devoted to the pubhcatioa of Original Matter relating to the 

 Natural History of >icotland, 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 facts. 



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