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Vol. XXIX. July to December, 1891. No. 136. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE . 



Notes on Calospasta Lee. By George H. Horn, M.D 99 



The Electrolysis of Metallic Formates. By Hill Sloane Warwick. . 103 



Stated Meeting, September 4, 1S91 121 



Stated Meeting, September 18, 1891 123 



Stated Meeting, October 2, 1S91 127 



Stated Meeting, October 16, 1891 129 



Stated Meeting, November 6, 1S91 133 



Observations on the Flora of Northern Yucatan. By Prof. Angelo 



Reilprin 137 



Some Observations on the Bahamas and Jamaica. By Dr. J. T. 



Rothrock 145 



Stated Meeting, November 20, 1891 149 



Obituary Sketch of Mrs. Emma Seiler. By Mrs. Susan Lesley. . . . 151 



Stated Meeting, December 4, 1891 162 



Carey and Two of His Recent Critics. By Henry Carey Baird . . . 166 



Vocabularies of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Languages. By 



Dr. Franz Boas 173 



A Mythic Tale of the Isleta Indians. By Albert S. Gatscliet 208 



Stated Meeting, December 18, 1891 219 



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