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a promise of results which will exceed in novelty, in singularity, 
and variety of vertebrate structures all that has been contributed 
from Australia and New Zealand towards a philosophical com- 
prehension of the scheme and origin and progress of animated 
nature. 
NEW SERIES, VOL. III.— NO. XI. 
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