VOL. III. FEBRUARY, 1914. NO. 8. 



a«eTc*n midland 

 naturalist 



Devoted to Natural History, Primarily 

 that of the Prairie States 



Published by the University of Notre Dame, 



Notre Dame, Indiana ^^ — ^_j^~-. 



J. A. NIEUWLAND, C. S. C, Ph. D., Sc. D/<g^itor 



CONTENTS . '^Sgni 

 Studies in Viola. — I. /. A . Xieuwland 207 



Notes on Our Local Plants. — V. /. .4. Nicuwland 217 



Our Birds in the Autumn of 1912 Brother Alphonsns, ( '. 5. ( '. 24,:; 



Our Birds in the Summer of 1913. 



Brother Alphonsns, C. S. C. 24S 



Critical Notes on New and Old Genera of Plants. — 11. 



/. .4. Xieii-u'land 253 



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