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The Young Naturalist, Part Ixxxv, for Jamiary 1887. [Mr. J. E. Robson. Editor. 

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 Scottish Naturalist, No. 14, New Series, Jan. '1887. [Prof. J. W. H. Trail, Editor. 

 Revue Bryologique, Bulletin bimestriel, 1887, No. I. [M. T. Husnot, Redacteur. 

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 Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science, Part xxi, January 1887. 



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Edwd. E. Prince : Points in the Development of the Pectoral Fin and Girdle in 



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Edwd. E. Prince : On the Presence of Oleaginous Spheres in the Yolk of 



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