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A^n-Y^nX ANNALS 



OF THE 



NEW YORK 



ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Volume XII 



1899-I9OO 



Editor : 

 GILBERT VAN INGEN 



Acting Editor: 

 THEODORE G. WHITE 



PUBLISHED BY THE ACADEMY 



The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, Pa 

 Printers 



