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THE AMERICAOATURALIST: 



A Popular Illustrated Magazine of Natural History. 



Fuhlishcd hy the Essex Institufe, Saletii, Mass. 

 Edited by A. S. Packaud, Jn., in- connection with E. S. 

 MoKSE, A. Hyatt and F. W. Putnam, Officers of 

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 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. 



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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



The following gentlemen authorize the Editors to use 

 their names as contributors to the Americas Naturalist: 



Prof Jeffries Wyman, Harvard University; Prof Asa 

 Gray, Harvard University; Prof. Edward Tuckerman, 

 Amherst College; I'rof A. E. Verrill, Yale College; Prof. 

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

 D. Cope, Haverford College; Prof Alexander Winchell, 

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

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

 Prof. T. C. Porter; E. G. Squier, N. Y.; 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. Historv; 

 S. II. 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- 

 cago 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 Vol. I, No. 2.— April, 1867. 



The Moss-Animals, or. Fresh Water Polyzoa, {with a 

 plate.) By Alpheus Hyatt. 



How Plants are Fertilized. By J. T. Rothrock. 



Insects and their Allies, (witli, illustration.^.) By A. S. 

 Packard, M. D. 



The American Silk Worm, {with illustrations.) By L. 

 Trouvelot. Continued. • 



The Land Snails of New England, {with illustrations.) 

 By E. S. Morse. Continued. 



The Tarantula Killers of Texas, {with a cut.) By G. 

 Lincecum, M. D, 



Reviews. 



Natural History Miscellany. 



Correspondence. 



Natur.al History Calendar. — Birds, Reptiles and Insects. 



Reports of the Meetings of Scientific Societies. 



Glossary for the Number. 



