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Natural History of a Voyage 
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Rarae Aves .. 45 
The Practical Naturalist : 
Spiders : Their Collection and 
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Birds of Cambridgeshire’ .... 50 
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\ The Skin . 51 
l Correspondence : Notes from 
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' To Correspondents . 55 
< Book Notes . 56 
< Notes and News . 56 
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