THE AMERICAN NATURALIST, A POPULAR ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. EDITED BY A. S. PACKARD, JR., AND F. W. PUTNAM. E. S. MORSE AND A. HYATT, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by the PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. ESSEX INSTITUTE PRESS. CONTENTS OF VOL. IV. Page THE PRIMEVAL MONUMENTS OF PERU COMPARED WITH THOSE IN CERTAIN PARASITIC INSECTS. Illustrated; with a plate. By Dr. THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA. Illustrated. By Edward E. Chever, THE TIME OF THE MAMMOTHS. By Professor N. S. Shaler, THE MOLLUSKS OF OUR CELLARS. Illustrated. By W. G. Binney, THE SURFACE GEOLOGY OF THE BASIN OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. By Professor J. S. Newberry, OUR NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS. By Rev. J. W. Chickering, jr., A WINTER'S DAY IN THE YUKON TERRITORY. By W. H. Dall, FOOT-NOTES FROM A PAGE OF SAND. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A., THE LYRE BIRD. Illustrated. By Miss Grace Anna Lewis, MUSSEL CLIMBING. Illustrated. By Rev. S. Lockwood, Ph.D., . |