INDEX. 



Aboriginal California Mint, The, III, 150 

 Advance of Science, The, III, 163 

 '•A Frail and Beautiful Shell," III, 31 

 Agassiz Association, I. 2, III, 88,240, IV, 9 

 Agassiz, Association, History of, ill, 76 

 Agave shawii, Most Northern Station of, 



IV, 71 

 Agricultural Grasses, I, 1 

 Air Navigation, 1, 6 

 Alaska, Notes from, I, 77 

 Albino Townee, IV, 71 

 Alcohol, The Origin of, III, 99 

 Alga2, II, 66 



American Crossbill, The, IV, 4 

 American Pearls, I, 7 

 Animal Army, An, III, 149 

 Animals, Extinct, III, 78 

 Antelope Chase, An, III, 185 

 Ants Harvesting. 1,48 

 Aquatic Plants of the Vicinity of San 



Diego, III, 123 

 Arctostaphylos bicolor, I, 2 



Pringlei, III, 198 

 Artificial Floating Inlands, IV, 69 

 Ashburner, Prof. William, III, 141 

 Aster Campestris in Colorado, III, 217 

 Astronomical Notes, III, 60 

 Avena fatua, I, 1 

 Baird, The Late Prof., Ill, 207 

 Baja California Notes, I, 41 

 Balanus estrellanus, 1, 7 

 Baldwin, Dr., Ill, 195 

 Beauty, I, 21 



Beauties of the Sea, III, T53 

 Bee's Sting a Useful Tool, A, III, 37 

 Bees, The Labor Performed by, III, 78 

 Bird Notes, IV, 15, 26 

 Birds' Injurious to Fruit, II, 69 

 Birds, Great Destruction of, III, 208 

 Birds, Do They Fly Down? Ill, 221 

 Black Wattles, I, 6 

 Books A Glance at, III, 211, 219, 248, IV, 



12, 27, 71 

 Books, and Papers, I, 3, 8, 17 

 Books, Received, I, 7 

 Bored by Ants, III, 143 

 Botany of the Coronado Is , I, 69 

 Botanical Notes, I, ir, 15, 26, 50. II, 15 

 Botanical Summary for 1885, I> 61 

 Botanical Trip, A, II, 53 

 Botanical Notes from Abroad, III, 80 

 Breckenfeld, A. H., IV, 235 

 Brydges, Thomas, III, 223 

 Cactuses, The, III, 233, IV, 13, 23 



" New Lower California, II, 46 

 California Rock Salt, III, 230 

 California Diamonds, II, 60 

 California Academy of Sciences, III, 42, 



63, 86, 106 



Californian Plants, extended range of 



some, III, 206 

 Californian Plants, of Horticultural Value, 



I, 71, 81 

 Californian Fan Palms, Avenue ol, IV, 1 



" And Polynesian Fish-Hooks, II, 



102 

 Camnula atrox, IV, 7 

 Canadian Filicineae, IV, 43 

 Castor-Oil Plant, I, 23, III, 38 

 Catocala elda, III, 235 

 Cebedichthys violaceus, II, 44 

 Centennial of Cincinnati and the Central 



States, IV, 67 

 Centenarian, A, III, 15 

 Century Magazine, III, 176, IV, 14, 46 

 Ceylon, Ferns of, III, 121 

 Chambered Nautilus, II, 6 

 Chamidae, A New Genus of, III, 21 

 Charles Oliver Tracy, II, 45 

 Cheilanth-s myriophylla, New Locality 



for, III, 150 

 Chorizanthe lastaricea, Notes on, I, 29 

 Clouds, Thickness of, III, 219 

 Coast Fox, the, III, 49 

 Coal, Formation of, II, 31 

 Colaptes, auratus, I, 49 



" mexicanus, IV, 7 

 Colias, eurytheme, IV, 7 



" edusa, IV, 41 

 Collecting Trip, A, IV, 245 

 Colorado, Notes From, III, 217 



" Fauna and Flora, IV, 7 

 Columbella fuscata, I, 4, II, 63 

 Common Crow, Notes on the, III, 166 

 "Content" (Poem) III, 120 

 Contemporary Journals, I, 25, 31, 39 

 Correspondence, III, 16, 39, 62, 83, 103, 



131, 145 

 Corundum, II, 60 

 Courtesy, III, 211 

 Ctenucha brunnea, I, 66 

 Current Literature, I, 50 

 Cushing, Frank, IV, 17 

 Cutting Diamonds, III, 128 

 Darlingtonia California, II, 91 

 Deschampsia gracilis, I, 4 

 Diminutive Mail Matter, III, 38 

 Disappointed Horse, III, 53 

 Distinguished Botanists in California, I, 



32 

 Dodder in California, II, 68 

 Dog and His Playmate, A, IV, 45 

 Earthquake, II, 62 



Model of An, IV, 70 

 Echinocystis, the Western Species of, III, 



34 

 Economic Laws and Methods, II, 80 

 Edison's Phonograph, III, 100 



