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Seeds of Michigan, trees, methods of distribution (reference) 88 



Selous, Percy S., on habits of massasauga in captivity 89-92 



death of 92 



Semmelweiss, Ignatius, monument to ; 17 



Septicemia of rabbit 100 



of mouse 101 



Sheep bitten by rattlesnake 91 



Sheep-ticks eaten by cowbird 71 



Shells of quaternary deposits, reference to paper on 88 



Sherzer, Wm. H., on relation of the Academy to the elementary schools (reference) 88 



• 'on simian characters of the human skeleton (reference) 12 



on sulphur and celestite in Monroe county (reference) 41 



Shooting permits for scientific purposes 87 



Short-billed marsh wren, nesting habits 75 



Short-eared owl, nesting habits 75 



Sierra Nevada range an impassable barrier for Unionidte 48 



Silphium terebinthaceum, near Saginaw Bay 116 



Simian characters of the human skeleton (reference) 12 



Sistrurus catenatus, habits of in captivity 89-92 



Skunk cabbage, seeds eaten by quail 69 



Small fruits on pine barrens 34 



Smallpox, prevention of by the Chinese 17 



Smith, Clinton D., on bacteria and the dairy (reference) ■. 12 



on dairy stock-feeding experiments (reference) 41 



on new problems in agriculture 143-145 



Smith Harlan I., on data and development of Michigan archteology (reference).. 12 



Snakes seen to swallow their young 90 



Snow, Dr. Julia W., on plankton flora of Lake Erie (reference) 119 



on unicellular algjse (reference) 109 



Social sciences, plea for greater attentioV to 128 



Soda saltpetre, origin of 15 



Song sparrow, nesting and food habits 72 



South America and Africa, possible connection of 52 



South America and New Zealand, possible connection of 52 



Southern region, of Binney, defined 45 



Spalding, Dr. V. M., on natural history survey of Michigan (reference) 110 



presidential report printed 117 



Spanish colonial administration, lecture on (reference) 109 



Sparganium eurycarpum and quaking bogs 24 



Sparrow bounty law, its repeal recommended 118 



Sparrow, English 118 



field, nesting of 73 



grasshopper, nesting habits and food 72, 73 



Henslow's, nesting habits 75 



lark 72 



song, nesting and food habits 72 



swamp, nesting habits 75 



vesper, nesting and food habits 71 



Spawning of the dog-fish, Amia 135-136 



Spearmint, oil of, produced in Michigan 33 



Special meetings, how called 149 



Sphagnum zone, plants of 24 



Spirillum of Asiatic cholera in water 101 



Spiza americana, nesting habits and food 73 



Spizella pusilla, nesting of 73 



Squirrels, their use of holes in trees 133 



Stake-driver (bittern) 67, 68 



Statistics of climate and mortality in Michigan 139-142 



Statistics of marriages and births in Michigan 102-106 



Steere, Dr. J. B., on mammals of Michigan (reference) 12 



Stentor, the smallest parts capable of regeneration (reference) 42 



Stereum 98 



Stock-feeding experiments (reference) ^ 41 



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