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The Midland Naturalist, No. 112, for April 1887. [The Editors, Birmingham. 



The Young Naturalist, Part Ixxxviii, for April 1887. [Mr. J. E. Robson. Editor. 



Science Gossip. No. 268, for April 1887. [Messrs. Chatto & Windus, Publishers. 



Natural History Journal, April 1887. [Mr. J. Edmund Clark. Editor. 



The Naturalists' World, vol. 4, No. 40, for April 1887. [Mr. Percy Lund, Editor. 



The Essex Naturalist.— April 1887. [Essex Field Club. 



The Wesley Naturalist, No. 2, April 1887. [Wesley Scientific Society. 



The Zoologist.— No. 124, April 1887. [Mr. J. E. Harting, Editor. 



The Origin of Mountain Ranges, considered experimentally, structurally, dyna- 

 mically, and in relation to their geological history. — By T. Mellard Reade, 

 C.E.. F.G.S., F. R. I.B. A. — Eondon. 8vo, xviii and 359 pages, and 42 plates. 



[Messrs. Taylor and Francis, Publishers. 



Smithsonian Institution.— Annual Report for year 1884. Part 2. 458 pages, 

 8vo, 1885. ' [The Institution. 



Eastbourne Nat. Hist. Society. — Parts 9 and 10 of vol. i, New .Series, 1885-6. 



[The Society. 



Botanical Exchange Club of British Isles. — Report for 1885, 8vo, pp. 121-142. 1886. 



[Club. 



The Falcon, No. 1, May 1887. [Mr. Z. Wright, Publisher, Thirsk. 



British Newts, a paper by Linna3us Greening, Warrington, 1887, 8vo, 18 pp. [Author. 

 Manchester Geological Society. — Transactions, vol. xix, pts. 6 & 7. 1887. [Society. 

 The Scottish Naturalist.— No', xvi, April 1887. [Prof. J. W. H. Trail, Editor. 

 Journal of the Northamptonshire Nat. Hist. Society. — Xos. 28 and 29, Dec. 1886 



and March 1887. [.Society. 

 Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science. — Vol. vi, part 22, April 1887. 



[Postal Microscopical Society. 

 Journal of New York Microscopical Soc. — Vol. ii, Nos. 9 & 9a, Dec. 1886. [Society. 

 The Geology of England and Wales, with Notes on the Physical Features of the 



Country. — By Horace B. Woodward. — 2nd edition, with Geological Map and 



Illustrations. — London. 1887, thick 8vo, 670 pp. [Geo. Philip & Son, Pub. 

 A List of British Birds, revised to April 1887. By Howard Saunders, F. L. S., etc. 



8vo, 22 pages. [Messrs. Gurney & Jackson, Publishers. 



The Amateur Photographer, No, 132, April 15th, 1887. [Publishers. 



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