CONTENTS 

 Original Papers 



Page 



Paleontology. — On some tertiary fossils from the Pribilof Islands. Wilwam 

 H. Dall , I 



Botany. — The ancestry of maize. J. H. Kbmpton 3 



Agricultm'e. — The size of Maya farms. O. F. Cook 1 1 



Ornithology. — Spizixidae, a new family of pycnonotine Passeriformes. Harry 

 C. Obbrholsbr 14 



Abstracts 



Physics. 17 



Ornithology 19 



Proceedings 



The Philosophical Society of Washington 20 



The Entomological Society of Washington 22 



SciENTimc Notes and Nbws 24 



