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Midland Naturalist for May 1886. [The Editors. 



The Young Naturalist for May 1886. [J. E. Robson, Editor. 



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Science Gossip for May 1886. [Chatto and Windus, Publishers. 



Natural History Journal for May 1886. [J. E. Clarke, Editor. 



The Manx Note Book for April 1886. [A. W. Moore, Editor. 



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Heilkunde. Giessen, Marz 1886. [Herr H. Hoffmann. 



Journal of Conchology for April 1886. [Mr. J. W. Taylor, Editor. 



New York Microscopical Society — -Journal for February 1886. [The Society. 

 Notes on the Geology of the Hull and Barnsley Railway. — By Rev. E. M. Cole, M.A., 



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 Societe Royal e Malacologique de Bel^lque. Proces- verbaux, Aout a Decembre 1885. 



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Botany of the Eastern Borders. — By P. Fox Lee. The Author. 



Natural History Society of Glasgow — Transactions and Proceedings, vol. i, part 2, 

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Do. — Iiidex to the Proceedings, vol. i-v, 1857-1883. [The Society. 



Dictionary of the Names of British Plants. — By. H. Purefoy Fitzgerald. Small 

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 Second Annual Report of the Watson Botanical Exchange Club, 1885-6. [The Club. 

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