Title: Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France
Subjects: Natural history -- France
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/bulletindelasocif03soci/#page/n292/mode/1up
Author Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France
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