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BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society — Report and List of 

 Members for 1885 — 8vo, 20 pages. [Society. 



The Scottish Naturalist for October 1886. [Prof. Trail, Editor. 



Natural History Journal, October 1886. [Mr. J. Edmund Clark, Editor. 



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



British Association, Birmingham Meeting — Daily Journal. [Mr. S. A. Adamson. 



The Microscope (monthly), September 1886. [The Editors. 



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



Journal of Microscopy, October 1886. [Mr. Alfred Allen, Editor. 



Science Gossip for October 1886. [The Publishers. 



Northamptonshire Natural Plistory Society — Journal, Sept. 1886. [The Society. 



The Midland Naturalist for October 1886. [The Editors. 



Hertfordshire Natural History Society — Transactions, vol. iv, parts 1 and 2, May 

 and July 1886. [Society. 



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The Distribution of the liepidoptera in the British Isles.-- 



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