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Tenth Year. 

 Vol. XX. No. 506. 



OCTOBER 14, 1892. 



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Contents. 



On the Absence op Cow's-Milk from Japan; 



ITS Beneficial Consequences. Albert S. 



Ashmead 211 



The ETRnscAN Ritdal Book. D. O. Brinton.. 313 

 Cremation of Cholera Corpses. Albert S. 



Ashmead 313 



Some Points in Chronology. B. W. McFar- 



land 313 



Some Thouqhts on the Phylogent of the 



Mole Cricket. E. W. Koran 214 



The Science of Smelling. De Volson Wood.. 215 



Notes . 



Nets 215 



Von den Lichtstrahlen Kleinster Wbllen- 



laenge. Von Victor Schumann 216 



The Sounds op R. Alex. Melville Bell 317 



Free Magnetic 



318 



Letters to the Editor. 



On Biological Nomenclature. Elliott Coues. 219 

 CrayflshAttacked by Leeches. H.T.Femald. 220 



A Wasp Study. Julia NcNair Wright 220 



Auroras versus Thunder-Storma. M. A. 

 Veeder 221 



221 

 Change of Diet in Birds. W. Slater 221 



Book Reviews. , 



The Speech of Monkeys 221 



Outlines of Zoology 223 



Among the Publishers 333 



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