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Nomenclature of Organic Life: H, W: HARKNESS... 2.0. 036500 I 
An Arborescent Polygala: T. S. BRANDEGEE.......... yer ee 4 
Nests and Eggs of Townsend’s Junco and San Pedro Partridge: 
A. W. ANTHONY 5 
Notes on the Naturalized Plants of Southern California: S. B. PARISH 
7, 56, 122, 182, 205, 261, 300 
Evolution of the Catfishes: Cart H. EIGENMANN............0000.0cec00e 10 
Description of a Fossil Species of Sebastodes: CARL H. EIGENMANN....... 16 
Dodecatheon Meadia (Shooting Star): KATHARINE BRANDEGEE.......... 17 
Ornithological Observations during the Total Solar Eclipse of January, 1889: 
WALTER E. BRYANT 21 
Habits in the Life History of Pleocoma Behrensii: J. J. RIVERS........... 24 
marae Fors: t.S, BEANDEOUE.S oe. eee Cle eG 
Rens PANO TS VARI ob ica a 27 
Economy of Nature as Exemplified by Vegetable and Animal Parasites: 
H. H. BEnr. .33, 74 
Fishes of the Yellowstone Park: Davin S. JORDAN...............0. 00005 38 
Effect of Rain on Fouquieria: T.S. BRANDEGEE......................... 40 
penne wemtows GG. LL ANDERSON. <i... 25. ee 41 
Nesting Habits of the Golden Eagle: H.R. TAYLOR. ....... ........... 42 
Birds New or Rare in California: W. Orro EMERSON.................... 44 
Deformed Flowers of Dendromecon: T. S. BRANDEGEE................... 46 
oie ECON Cees PRANE Ot VASEIT.. oe eee 48 
Nomenclature of Fungi: H. W. HARKNESS........ Vega S% pas ee eee 49 
Mexican Notes: W.iG: WaieGur::: 22.50 .225.:. Vas etioaee 51, 102, 212, 231 
oy Tene See Ts PRARORONE, ts, ee 54 
ene Darreactdaé: CARI WH; RIGENMANN. .:...50 22.0.5. 55 
Notes on Lepidoptera: James BEHRENS... oo. 2c ee 60 
The Point Loma Blind Fish and its Relatives: Cart H. EIGENMANN...... 65 
Songs of some Californian Zonotrichiz: CHARLES A. KRELER....... ..... 72 
Migratory Instinct in Caged Wild Birds: W. Orro EMERSON............. 80 
Notes on West American Plants: KATHARINE BRANDEGEE................ 82 
Botanical Generic Names:' 9. W. HARENESS,..2.. 2; ;, 0 02 ols ey 84 
Convolyalus Occitentalis: ‘T.'S; BRaNveGER.. 2.26 OO 85 
Escapes in the Coast Range: FRANK H. VASLIT...............2...00005. 86 
ae ee Lest: EW. AKERS er a eee 87 
Heterosporous Fern Allies of the Pacific Coast and Mexico: 
Luci—EN M. UNDERWOOD = 997 
Devdas Mulinore: CARL POSS sO ee ee 101 
Classification of Dryocampa Riversii: H. H. BEHR....................... 106 
The Plants of Santa Catalina Island: T.S. BRANDEGEE .................. 107 
Song Birds about San Francisco Bay: CHARLES A. KEELER..............- 116 
