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V^OL. V. 



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OCTOBER, 1885. 



No. 1. 



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TRANSACTIONS 



New York Academy of Sciences 



1885-1886 



Edited by 

 HERMAN LeROY FAIRCHILD, 



Jiecording Secretary, 



PUBLISHED FOR THE ACADEMY, 

 Tn Eight Monthly Numbers, from October to May, inchisive. 



