A BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 



PXTBUSHEDOX THE I^ST DAV OF EACH MONTH. 



Vol. I. 



APRIL, 1S90. 



No. 2. 



CONTENTS: 



Economy of Nature as Exemplified by Tarasites; H. H. Behr 

 Fishes of the YeUowstone Park: David S. Jordan 

 Effect of Rain on Fouquieria: T. S. Brandegee 

 A Moncecious Willow: C. L. Anderson 



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Eagle: H. R. Taylor 



Birds New or Rare in California: W. Otto Emerson 

 Deformed Flowers of Dendromecon: T. S. Brandegee 

 The European Daisy: P'rank H. Vaslit 

 Nomenclature of Fungi: H. W. Harkness 



Mexican Notes, I: W. G. Wright 



A New Perityle: T. S. Brandegee 



The Barracuda: Carl IL Eigenmann 



Notes on the Naturalized Plants of Southern California, 



Notes on Lcpidoptera: JaH«s Behrf^^^ 



Recent Literature 



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