The NATURALIST 



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Midland Naturalist for July 1886. [The Editors. 



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



The Naturalist's World for July 1886. [P. Lund, Editor. 



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



Natural History Journal for July 1886. []. E. Clarke, Editor. 



New York Microscopical Society — Journal for April 1886. [From the Society. 

 Manchester Microscopical Society — Annual Report, 1885, etc., 32 pages, 8vo. 



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The Journal of Conchology. [Mr. John W. Taylor, Editor. 



Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science — July 1886. [Mr. A. Allen, Editor. 

 The Zoologist, 1843— 1868 > set of the first 26 vols - [Mr. Basil T. Woodd. 



Report on the Actiniaria of the L.M.B.C. District— By John W. Ellis, L.R.C.P. , 



F.E.S., 8vo, 8 pp. and plate. [The Author. 



Smithsonian Institution — Annual Report for 1884. [The Institution. 



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_ ACKWORTH SHELLS. — It is proposed to publish in the Natural 

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