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The Midland Naturalist, No. 113, for May 1887. [The Editors, Birmingham. 

 The Young Naturalist, Part Ixxxix, for May 1887. [Mr. J. E. Robson, Editor. 

 Science Gossip, No. 269, for May 1887. [Messrs. Chatto & -Windus, Publishers. 

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



The Naturalists' World, vol. 4, No. 41, for May 1887. [Mr. Percy Lund, Editor. 

 The Wesley Naturalist, No. 3, May 1887. [Wesley Scientific Society. 



The Zoologist.— No. 125, May 1887. [Mr. J. E. Harting, Editor. 



Philadelphia Academy of Nat. Sciences. — Proc.,Pt. iii, Oct.toDec. 1886. [Academy. 

 Outlines of the Geology of Northumberland and Durham. — By G. A. Lebour.— 

 Newcastle. 1886. Small 8vo, cloth, 156 pages and 2 plates. [The Author. 

 Revue Bryologique, 146 annee, 1887, No. 3. [Mons. T. Ilusnot, redacteur. 



Belfast Nat. Field Club.— Proceedings, vol. ii, part 6, 1885-6. [The Club. 



Watson Bot. Exchange Club.— Third Annual Report, 1886-7. [The Club. 



Recent Discoveries of Carboniferous Vegetation in Yorkshire, 1887. 8vo reprint. 



[S. A. Adamson, Author. 



Manx Note Book. — No. 10, April 1887. [A. W. Moore, Editor. 



Botanical Soc. of Edinburgh. — Transactions, vol. xvi, part 3 (1886). [The Society. 

 Essex Naturalist. — No. 4. April 1887. [The Essex Field Club. 



Journal of Conchology.— Vol. 5, No. 6, April 1887. [J. W. Taylor, Editor. 



Florula Sedbergensis. — By Rev. W. Thompson. 1886. 8vo, pp. 19. [The Author. 

 The Fungus Hunter's Guide, and Field Memorandum-Book, 1887. — Cloth, 157 

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Entomological Society of London. — Transactions for 1886. [The Society. 



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