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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST: 



A Popalai Illustrated Magazine of Natural History. 



Published by the Essex Institute, Salem, Afass. 

 Edited by A. S. Packard, Jr., in connection with E. S. 

 Morse, A. Hyatt and F. W. Pitnam, Officers of 

 the Essex Institute. 



The objects of this Magazine cover a new field in this 

 country. It will be devoted to popular accounts of the 

 latest discoveries in science, with sketches of the habits 

 and structure of animals and plants, both living and fos- 

 sil. It will thus be invaluable to Sportsmen, Naturalists, 

 Agriculturalists and all Lovers of Nature. 



The corps of contributors embraces the best scientific 

 talent in the country. 



The Magazine will be published in monthly numbers 

 of 4S pages each, making a yearly volume of about 600 

 pages, with illustrations by the best scientific artists: 



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 copies to one address, $25. For clubs of twenty, an extra 

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTOES. 



The following gentlemen authorize the Editors to use 

 their names as contributors to the American Naturalist: 



Prof. Jeffries Wyman, Harvard University ; Prof. Asa 

 Gray, Harvard University ; Prof. Edward Tuckerman, 

 Amherst College; Prof A. E. Verrill, Yale College; Prof. 

 H. J. Clark, Pennsylvania Agricultural College; Prof. E. 

 D. Cope, Haverford College; Prof. Alexander Winchell, 

 University of Michigan ; Prof. S. S. Haldemann, Colum- 

 bia, Pa; Prof. Richard Owen, Indiana State University; 

 Dr. Brackenridge Clemens, Easton, Pa; Baron R. Von 

 Osten Sacken, Consul General of Russia, New York; Prof. 

 Theodore Gill, Librarian, Smithsonian Institution; Dr. 

 C. T. Jackson, Vice Pres., Boston Society of Nat. History; 

 S. H. Scudder, Secretary, Boston Society of Nat. History; 

 A. R. Grote, Esq., Curator, Buffalo Soc. of Nat. History; 

 C. J. Sprague, Esq., Boston ; Prof. Leo Lesquereux, Co- 

 lumbus, Ohio; Dr. Henry Bryant, Curator, Boston Socie- 

 ty of Nat. History ; Dr. William Stimpson, Secretary Chi- 

 c:igo Academy of Sciences; Dr. Elliot Coues, U. S. Army; 

 Dr. T. M. Brewer, Curator, Boston Soc. of Nat'l. History; 

 P. R. Uhler, Ass't. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 

 bridge; J. A. Allen, Springfield, Mass; Dr. F. V. Ilayden, 

 Philadelphia, Pa; W.H.Edwards, Newburgh, N. Y'. Prof. 

 W. P. Blake, San Francisco, Cal. 



Contents of first number (Uarch, 1867). 



Introductory. 



The Land Snails of New England, {with a plate.) 



The Volcano of Kllauea, Hawaiian Islands, in 1861 — 5, 



{with a plate.) 

 The Fossil Reptiles of New Jersey. 

 The American Silk Worm, (ioi(A illustraiiOTis.) 

 Winter Notes o(*an Ornithologist. 

 Reports of the Meetings of Scientific Societies. 

 Natural History Miscellany. 

 Reviews. 



Natural History Calendar. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 

 Glossary for the Number. 

 ^®" Prospectus sent on application to the Editors. 



