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Lingula pyramidata ix 



Lucas, Frederick A., notes on the vertebrae of 



Amphiuma, Siren, and Menopoma ix 



Osteology of the spotted Tiuamou, No- 



thuramaculosa... xii 



Occurrence of nocturnal Lepidoptera at 



sea xv 



The os-prominens in birds xvii 



The Bird Rocks of the gulf of St. Law 

 rence in 1887 xviii 



An alcine cemetery, the resting place of 



the Great Auk on Funk Island xx 



Lynx, some distinctive cranial characters ix 



M. 



Marsilia quadrifolia xi 



Mason, Prof. Otis T., representations of animal 



life in Eskimo art xvi 



McDonald, Col. Marshall, Explanations of past 



failures in the culture of Salmonidse xix 



McGee, VV. J., the overlapping habitats of 



Sturnella magna and S. neglecta in Iowa xxi 



Menopoma, vertebrae of ix 



Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, a new bat (Vespertilio 



ciliolabrum) from the West xii, 1-4 



Description of a new pocket gopher from 



California xii 



A new species of wood rat (Neotoma bry- 

 anti) from Cerros Island, Lower Cali 

 fornia xiv 



A new. species of wood mouse (Evoto- 

 mys carolinensis) from the mountains 



of North Carolina xv 



A new species of mouse from New Mex 

 ico (Hesperomys anthonyi) xvi, 5-8 



Ravages of the bobolink in the rice fields 



of the south xvii 



Fauna and flora of the Great Smoky 

 Mountains, in North Carolina and Ten 

 nessee xix 



Description of a new field mouse (Arvicola 

 pallidus) from the Bad Lands of north 

 western Dakota xxi 



A new species of Aplodontia from Cali 

 fornia vii 



A new sub-species of gray squirrel from 



central Minnesota viii 



A new species of fox from California, 135-138 

 Molluscs, historical notes on department of, in 



National Museum xi 



Molluscs, a genus of bivalve new to North 



America xvii 



Moose, transcontinental range of.. xv 



Mouse, description of a new (Arvicola palli- 



dus),from Dakota xxi 



Mouse, new species from New Mexico (Hesper 

 omys anthonyi) xvi, 5-8 



Mouse, new species from North Carolina (Evo- 



tomys carolinensis) xv 



Mouse, period of gestation in caged white xix 



Musical Sounds, effects on animals ix 



Muybridge, E., photographs of animals in 

 motion xiv 



N. 



Neotoma bryanti, a new wood rat xiv 



Norris, Dr. Basil, U. S. A., description of 



larval form of an Amblystoma x 



Nothura maculosa, osteology of xii 



o. 



Occurrence of nocturnal lepidoptera at sea. xv 



Officers for 1887 iv, xii 



Officers for 1888 v, xxi,xxii 



Os-prominens in birds xvii 



P. 



Palo La Cruz (wood of the cross) x 



Pecten, superficial anatomy of species of ix 



Photographs of animals in motion xiv 



Pitta oreas, a bird new to Japan xvii 



Placenta, evolution of, in mammalia xix 



Plane tree and its ancestors vii 



Pollen, recent shower of, in Washington xvii 



Pocket gopher, new sub-species xii 



Potomac drinking water, biological analyses of. viii 

 Potomac water, quantitative variations in the 



germ life of in 1886 xvi 



Preservation of bottled museum specimens xii 



Protective devices in carrier shell. ... xviii 



R. 



Raptores, feeding habits of young xxi 



Rathbun, Richard, temperature charts of At 

 lantic coast surface water xiii 



Rau, Dr. Charles, announcement of death of ...xviii 



Rhytina, how exterminated xxi 



Riley, Prof. C. V., a carnivorous butterfly 



larva, Fenesica tarquineus vii 



Biological notes from southern Califor 

 nia xvii 



Rock Creek philanthropist xv 



Roddy, H. Justin, feeding habits of some young 



raptores xxi 



Roseau Swamp, the great xx 



Rostrhamus sociabilis xxi 



Ryder, John A., the evolution of the mamma 

 lian placenta ix 





