AMERICAN NATURALIST, A POPULAR ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. EDITED BY A. S. PACKARD, JR., AND F. W. PUTNAM. 146934 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 THE SEA OTTERS. By Capt. C. M. Scammon, FALCONRY. By William Wood, M.D., CERTAIN PARASITIC INSECTS. Illustrated; with a plate. By Dr. . NOTES ON FRESH-WATER FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. Illustrated. By THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA. Illustrated. By Edward E. Chever, OUR NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS. By Rev. J. W. Chickering, jr., A WINTER'S DAY IN THE YUKON TERRITORY. By W. H. Dall, A FEW WORDS ABOUT MOTHS. With a Plate. By Dr. A. S. THE HORSE FOOT CRAB. With a Plate. By Rev. S. Lockwood, 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., |