TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Number 1 (Publication 1791). The Development of the 

 American Alligator (A. misslssippiensis). By 

 Albert M. Beese. 1908. Pp. 6G, Pis. 33. 



Number 2 (Publication 1803). The Taxonomy of the Mus- 

 coidean Flies, including Descriptions of New 

 Genera and Species. By Charles H. T. Towns- 

 end. 1908. Pp. [3] +138. 



Number 3 (Publication 1807). Smithsonian Exploration in 

 Alaska in 1907 in Search of Pleistocene Fossil 

 Vertebrates. By Charles W. Gilmore. 1908. 

 Pp. 38, Pis. 13. 



Number 1 (Publication 1869). The Mechanics of the Earth's 

 Atmosphere. A Collection of Translations. 

 Third Collection. By Cleveland Abbe. (Hodg- 

 kins Fund.) 1910. Pp. iv + 617. 



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