November, 1897. 
No. 95. VoL. VIII. 
Mature Hotes. 
the; MAGftZiHE 
WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED X 
JAMES WRITTEN, F.LS 
CONTENTS 
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T THE FARMER’S FRIENDS 221 
By Fred. W. Ashley. 
THE SPOILING OF THE LAND .. .. 224 
By the Editor. 
GOATS AND SHEEP IN NORTHERN INDIA. By J. F. .A. McNair. 
Major R. A. 
GLIMPSES INTO PLANT.LIFE. By A. B. Reridle 
THE LATE PREBENDA-RY GORDON 
NATURE NOTES FRO.M NORTHERN T.ASMANI.A. By H. Stuart 
Dove 
REPTILES AS PETS. By W. F. K 
SELBORNIAN.A. Familiar Wild Flowers.— “ Brutal Sport.”— The Fate of 
the Kew Pelican 
NATUR.AL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. Stock-Doves.— Con- 
gregating Swallows. — .A Carnivorous Mollu.sc. — Frogs 
TO CORRESPONDENTS 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES 
PAGE 
XonOon — JOHN BALE, SONS & DANIELSSON, Ltd., Gt. Titchkielu St 
CltB SflCnt— ELLIOT STOCK, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. 
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