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Forensic evidence
The illustrated guide to edible wild plants
Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum
Butterflies and Moths
Trees of Southern Africa
National Audubon Society field guide to North American birds
Big Tracks, Little Tracks
A Sealed & Secret Kinship
Compendium of seashells
Fern Finder
Introduction to optical mineralogy
A guide to aquatic insects and crustaceans
Yeasts
A field guide to caterpillars of butterflies and moths in Britain and Europe
Lichens of the North Woods (North Woods Naturalist Series)
Tropical palms
The illustrated encyclopedia of cat breeds
Snakes of India
A popular history of British sea-weeds ..
A guide to the photographic identification of individual whales based on their natural and acquired markings
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Java, Sumatra and Bali
Medically important fungi
Sibley birds west
Birds of the World (Smithsonian Handbooks)
The Prokaryotes
Plants of western New South Wales
British land snails
Spot 50 Trees
Wildflowers of southwestern Utah
Handwriting analysis
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