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others, and, therefore, readily distinguished, yet the serond may Ire preciselv 

 like the third, thus rendering the seed coat valueless, on the whole, as a means of 

 determining speeifie rank. 



After a careful comparison of the results reached through these experiments, 

 it is safe to say that the same harmony of structure exists in the seeds of species 

 as in the leaf or the Hower, while the same variety is found existing between seeds 

 of diflTerent species. For although in the family under discussion each species re- 

 sembles one or more of the others in some respects, yet it has at least one charac- 

 teristic that is peculiarly its own. Thus major resembles decipiens in color, but 

 differs from all the others in outline. Virginica and Palayouica are similar in 

 cross section, but differ in color. And so on tiirough the list studied, one may be 

 distinguished liy outline, another by color, another by cross section, or another by 

 surface, yet the individual seeds of anyone species are "as like as two jteas."". 

 By these results we are impelled to the l)elief that the characteristics of seeds fur- 

 nish as true an index to family, genus or species as do the leaf and the flower; 

 and that it only remains for the botanist to school himself to read aright the 

 lessons found in nature to be convinced that nothing is left to chance or accident, 

 but that she has mathematical rules and chemical formula' to which she is as con- 

 stant as the needle to the pole. 



Additions to the Fi.sh Fauna of Wabash County. I'.v AV. (). Wallace^ 



Notes on Reptilian Fauna of Vigo County, llv W. h«. Blatcheey. 



Preliminary List of the Birds of Brown County, llv E. M. Kindlk. 



Brown County lies about forty miles south of Indianapolis. Its boundaries 

 correspond rather closely with natural features, and it may consecpiently be re- 

 garded as representing much more closely than counties usually do a faunal area.. 

 It has the geological distinction of being the only county in the state whose limits- 

 are confined entirely to the knobstone formation. The limestone hills of Monroe- 

 County approach to within a mile or two of the western boundary, while on the 

 north and cast, the southern limit of the drift corresponds approximately to the 

 boundaries separating it from Morgan, Johnson and FJartholomew Counties. The 

 countv has a uniformly rug^red and broken surface, which reaches the maxinuim, 



