

A_ N N i^LS 



OF THE 



NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 

 VOLUME III, 1883-85. 



The "Annals," published for over half a century by the late Lyceum of 

 Natural History, are continued under the above name by the New York 

 Academy of Sciences, beginning with the year 1ST 7. 



It is proposed, as before, to issue four numbers every year, each number 

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