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CARL H. EIGENMANN and JENXIE E. HORNEKG. 



A Review of the Chaetodontidae of North America (January 31, 



1887), read by title 77 



HERMAN LEROY FAIRCHILD. 



Transformations of the Skin in the Animal Kingdom (March 7, 



1887), without abstract 113 



J, J, FRIEDRICH. 



Notes on Local Mineralogy (April 11, 1887) 130 



WILLIAM E. HIDDEN. 



A Notable Discovery of Precious Stones in Alexander Co., N. C. 



(October 4, 1886) 3 



On an Iron Meteorite that fell at Mazapil, Mexico, during the Dis- 

 play of " Bielid " Meteors, November 37, 1885, with an Account 

 of its Fall, by Prof. Jose A. y Bonilla, Director of the Zacatecas 

 Observatory (January 17, 1887) 71 



ALEXIS A. JULIEN. 



The Transformations of Iron Disulphide (April 18, 1887) 135 



GEORGE F. KUNZ. 



On the New Artificial Rubies (October 4, 1886) 4 



Meteoric Iron from Carroll Co., Kentucky (January 17, 1887) 71 



A New Meteor from Catorze, Mexico (January 17, 1887), abstract. . 76 



Hydrophane (Magic Stone) from Colorado (February 28, 1887) Ill 



Crystals of Hollow Quartz from Arizona (March 28, 1887) . . 122 



On Jade and Jadeite (May 9, 1887) 139 



Description of the Meteorite which fell near Cabin Creek, Johnson 



Co., Arkansas, March 27th, 1886 (May 9, 1887) 141 



A Meteorite from Powder Mill Creek, Tennessee (June 6, 1887), ab- 

 stract 161 



Jasperized and Agatized Woods from Arizona (August 15, 1887)... . 165 



GEORGE N. LAWRENCE. 



Description of a New Species of Thrush (Margarops albiventris) 

 from the Island of Gi-enada, W. I. (Februaiy 28, 1887), read by 

 title Ill 



Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the Families Sylviidae, Tro- 

 glodytidse, and Tyrannidae (May 9, 1887), read by title 139 



