CONTENTS. Vll 



W. W. NEWELL. 



PAGE 



The Practice of Conjuring Noxious Animals, as Surviving in the 



Folk-Lore of Nevr England 45 



JOHN I. NORTHROP. 



Bahaman Birds 52 



Notes on the Geology of the Bahamas 4 



HENRY M. PARKHURST. 



Stellar Photometry 117 



CHARLES LANE POOR. 



The History of Lexell's Comet from 1770 to 1890 119 



J. K. REES. 



Remarks on the Reduction of Rutherford Star Plates 102 



HEINRICH RIES, 



Note on Rock Exposures on New York Island 113 



FREDERICK STARR. 



Some Winnebago Arts 39 



Man of the Stone Age ^ 109 



OILMAN S. STANTON. 



The Occurrence of Beryls and Garnets on Nevir York Island 50 



JOHN TATLOCK, JR. 



An Index to " Copernicus," an InternationalJournalof Astronomy. 87 



L. J. VANCE. 



Three Lessons in Rhabdomancy 45 



H. T. VULTE. 



Notes on the Analysis of Grains and Cereals 24 



R. P. WHITFIELD. 



Contributions to Invertebrate Palaeontology 4 



J. FRANCIS WILLIAMS. 



Monticellite, a New Mineral 70 



