ADVERTISEMENT. 



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 ty does not hold itself as responsible for the facts or * 

 opinions which may be advanced on the various topics 

 of Natural History that are discussed. These, accord- 

 ingly, must be distinctly understood, as resting en- 

 tirely on the individual authority of the respective 

 Writers who have favoured the Society with Com- 

 munications. 



