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Illinois, p. 374. Fragaria Gillmani, p. 437. New Plants, p. 438. Palms
of the Sandwich Islands, p. 438. The Irritability of the Stamens in the
Barberry, p. 438. The Compass Plant, p. 495. On the Laws of Fascia-
tion and its Relation to Sex in Plants, p. 511. On Objections to Darwin's
Theory of Fertilization through Insect Agency, p. 512. Nutrition and
Sex in Plants, p. 562. Richardsonia scabra, p. 558. Acclimatization of
Palm Trees, p. 559. Fertilization of Salvia by Humble Bees, p. 689.
Motion in the Leaves of Rhus toxicodendron, p. 689. Bur Grass, p. 689.
Wolffia in Blossom, p. 690.

ZOOLOGY. - Relation of the Physical to the Biological Sciences, p. 46.

Notes on the Ducks found on the Coast of Massachusetts in Winter, p.

49. Is Huxley's Bathybius an Animal? p. 50. Reason and Instinct, p. 51.

Malformations in Insects, p. 51. The Cotton or Army Worm of the

South, p. 52. Blackbirds in Winter, p. 52. How the Sculptured Turtle

deposits her Eggs, p. 53. Anecdote of the Sparrow-hawk, p. 53. Hybrid

Fowls, p. 53. The Ruby-crowned Kinglet, pp. 54, 376. The Crocodile in

Florida, p. 54. House Sparrow, p. 54. Dimorphism in the Higher Worms,

p. 55. Disposal of the Placenta, p. 56. Summer Red Bird, p. 56. The

Osprey, p. 57. The Great Auk, p. 57. A Rare Visitor, p. 57. The Cow

Bird, p. 58. Occurrence of the Brown Pelican in Massachusetts, p. 58.

The Chipmunk, p. 58. Albino Rodents, p. 58. Conchological Section of

the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1869, p. 58. A

Rare Duck, p. 126. External Gills in Ganoid Fishes, p. 127. The Limbs

of Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus, p. 127. The Organs of Hearing

and Smell in Insects, p. 127. Albino Barn Swallow, p. 127. Spike

Horns (with a cut), p. 188. Adirondack's Reply, p. 189. Habits of the

Striped Squirrel, p. 249. Conchological Notes, p. 250. Functions of the

Nerve-centres of the Frog, p. 250. The Compressed Burbot or Eel Pout,

p. 251. A White Woodchuck, p. 252. Rare Birds in Nova Scotia, p. 253.

A New Insecticide, p. 313. Fauna of Round Island, p. 314. Position of

the Brachiopoda in the Animal Kingdom (with cuts), p. 314.

Crowned Wren, p. 316. Early Arrival of Geese, p. 374.

p. 374. Hybrid Rabbit, p. 375. Turkey Buzzard, p. 375.

Snakes, p. 375. Reproduction of Limbs, p. 376. Does the Prairie Dog

Require any Water? p. 376. An Albino Turkey Buzzard, p. 376. Albino

Snow Bird, p. 376. Albino Rats, p. 376. The little Striped Skunk in

Central Iowa, p. 376. The Marsh Harrier, p. 377. Night Herons, p. 377.

Song of the Song Sparrow, p. 378. The Pigeon Hawk, p. 439. The

Flight of Birds and Insects, p. 439. Pædogenesis in the Stylopidæ, p.

439. Curious Conduct of a Sharp-shinned Hawk, p. 439. Partheno-

genesis in a Wasp, p. 440. List of New England Lepidoptera, p. 440.

Improving Intelligence in Birds and Insects, p. 440. How many Lepi-

doptera are there in the World? p. 441. Oological, p. 442. Spike-horned

Deer, p. 442. A Spike-horned Moose, p. 443. A New Insect Parasite of

the Beaver, p. 443. On the Early Stages of Discina, p. 493. On Brachi-

opods as a division of the Annulata, p. 495. The Condor and the Hum-

CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

Ab-

ming Birds of the Equatorial Regions, p. 495. Embryology of Limulus
Polyphemus (with cuts), p. 498. On the Relations of the Orders of Mam-
mals, p. 502. The Structural Characteristics of the Cranium in the Lower
Vertebrata (with cuts), p. 505. On three new generic forms of Brachio-
poda, p. 510. London Zoological Gardens, p. 559. The Nesting of the
Fish Hawk, p. 559. Anatomical Characters of the Limpets, p. 561. The
Caudal Styles of Insects Sense Organs, i. e. Abdominal Antennæ, p. 620.
A Remarkable Myriapod, p. 621. How to Mount Spiders for Cabinets, p.
622. The Toucan's Beak, p. 622. Physella not a Fresh-water Shell, p.
623. On the Young of Orthagoriscus Mola (with cuts), p. 629.
dominal Sense-organs in a Fly, p. 690. Note on the Existence of trans-
versely striated muscular Fibres in Acmæa, p. 691. Cedar Bird with
Waxen Appendages on the Tail, p. 692. Habits of the Red-headed Wood-
American Panther, p. 692. Notes on some of the Coast
pecker, p. 692.
Fishes of Florida, p. 693. Morphology and Ancestry of the King Crabs,
p. 754. The Ancestry of Insects, p. 756. Monterey in the Dry Season,
756. The Rough-billed Pelican on Lake Huron, p. 758. Migration of
Hawks, p. 759. Scudder's Work on New England Butterflies, p, 760.
Callidryas Eubule, p. 761. Mephitis bicolor, p. 761. Woodcock and
Spike-horned Bucks, p. 762.

Moles, p. 761. Turkey Buzzard, p. 762.

Deer's Horns, p. 763. Singular Manners and Customs of the Hornbills

during the Breeding Season, p. 763.

GEOLOGY.-Further Evidence of the Affinity between the Dinosaurian

Reptiles and Birds, p. 59. Fossil Horse in Missouri, p. 60. Sudden Dry-

ing up of Streams in Nevada, p. 61. Quaternary deposits in Missouri,

Scolithus a Sponge, p. 62.

New Mosasauroid Reptiles, p. 62.

The Geology of

p. 61.

Discovery of a huge Whale in North Carolina, p. 128.

New Animal Remains

Brazil, p. 128. Professor Ward's Museum, p. 128.

from the Carboniferous and Devonian Rocks of Canada, p. 190. Gigantic
Fossil Serpent from New Jersey, p. 254. Geological Survey of Iowa, p.
Geological Explorations, p. 378. Res-

317. New Fossil Turkey, p. 317.

Ancient Reptiles of the Connecticut

toration of the Dinotherium, p. 379.

Valley, p. 444. The Rate of Geological Change, p. 444. Notes on some
The Supposed Elevation

Post Tertiary Phenomena in Michigan, p. 504.

Origin of South Carolina Phosphates, p. 571. Did a Glacier flow from
Lake Huron into Lake Erie ?, p. 623. The Upper Delta Plain of the Mis-
sissippi, p. 638. On the Mud Lumps of the Passes of the Mississippi, p.
638. A Point in Dynamical Geology, p. 639. Discovery of Lower Car-
boniferous Fossils on the Rio Tapajos, p. 694. New Fossil Fishes, p. 695.
Plasticity of Rocks, p. 695. Salt Plains in New Mexico, p. 695. The
Megatherium and its Allies, p. 763. The Tertiary Beds of the Amazon,
p. 765. Lead Mines of Missouri, p. 766. Marks of Ancient Glaciers on
the Pacific Coast, p. 766. Boulders in Ancient Times, p. 767. New Dis-
covery respecting Coccoliths, p. 767.

MICROSCOPY.-Microscope Objectives; Statement and Reply, pp. 254

and 255. Circulation of the Latex in the Laticiferous Vessels, p. 317.

Does Boiling Destroy Germs? p. 318. Development of Gas in Proto-

plasm, p. 379. The Largest Infusorium Known, p. 380. Air Tight Spec-

imens, p. 444. The Focal Length of Microscopic Objectives, p. 445.

Subsection of Microscopy of the American Association for the Advance-

ment of Science, p. 571. New Form of a Binocular Microscope, p. 571.

On the Illumination of Binocular Microscopes (with cuts), pp. 571, 633.

Diatoms from Marblehead, Mass., p. 573. Test Plates, p. 573. Instru-

ments at the Meeting of the A.A.A.S., pp. 573-576. New Clinical Com-

pressor (with cuts), p. 574. American Microscopes, p. 625. Wales' Low

Power Objectives, p. 626. The Simplest form of Micro-telescope, p. 628.

A New Form of Binocular for use with High Powers of the Microscope,

p. 696.

ANTHROPOLOGY. - Relics from the Great Mound, p. 62. The Bone

Caves of Gibraltar, p. 255. Archæological Impostures, p. 319. Aborigi-

nal Relic from Trenton, New Jersey (with cut), p. 380. Origin of the

Tasmanians, p. 381. Stone Images on Easter Island, p. 382. Peruvian

Archæology, p. 445. On the Structure of the Eskimo Languages, 561.

The Significance of Cranial Characters in Man, p. 629.

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ERRATA.

ERRATA TO VOL. IV. - Page 63, line 16, for pervenum read perversum. Page 30, line 15, for lips read hips. Page 36, line 2, for Arctostaphylla read Arctostaphyllos. Page 103, line 9, for H. analostanus read H. Kentuckiensis. (Later, however, Cope has shown the species to be distinct from Kirtland's Kentuckiensis.) Page 117, line 13 of foot note, for Teretribus read teretulus. Page 112, line 16, for Rariton read Raritan. Page 273, the sentence beginning on line 9, should begin, "Now it is not often the case." Page 316, line 6, for mouth read mantle. Page 439, line 3 for but one, read an. Page 439, line 3, leave out the word but before one instance. Page 458, line 21, for Lord Mondoddo read Lord Monboddo. Page 468, line 7, for it is read is it. Page 468, line 13, for possession of stars read procession of stars; and in line 14, for either read ether. Page 501 under figure 100, first line, for Apus read Branchipus, and in second line, for Branchipus read Apus. On line 1 from bottom, for cephalothorax read head. Page 126, last line, for MR. DRESSER read MR. DRESLER. Page 375, line 34, for J. P. KIRKLAND read J. P. KIRTLAND. Page 651, last line, for Zoologist read Zoologists. Page 689, line 29, for poisoning read poison ivy.

Plates 3 and 4 (pp. 490, 491) should read plates 4 and 5. Plate 5 (page 637) should read Plate 6, and Plate 6 (page 687) should read Plate 7. Page 572, for figure 100, read figure 114. Page 575, for figure 100, read figure 115. Page 700, for figure 140, read 157. Page 701, for figure 141 read 158. (These corrections, however, only refer to the serial numbers of the plates and cuts, as the references in the text are to their present numbers.)

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