Volume III. DECEMBER, 1886. Whole No. 20. 



THE 



We^t * Mmm -t- ^cienti^l!. 



A Poptdar Review and Record for the Pacific Coast. 



Official Organ of the San Diego Society 



of Natural History* 



C. R.- ORCUTT. 



Editor. 



CONTENTS: 



rSanta Cruz Island E. L. Greene i 



A New Genus of Grasses, Illustrated Dr. Geo. Vasey 4 



The Grass of the. Field E. E 6 



^Something New, Illustrated C. R. Orcutt 8 



Sonorous Sand 11 



"Trees Awake and Asleep 12 



Sea-Urchins, or Sea-Eggs Laura J. F. Hecox. 12 



.Habits of the Scorpion Land and Water 13 



The Love Stone Selected 15 



Necrology 15 



A Centurian 15 



Correspondence 16 



Proceedings of Societies. 16 



Editorial 17 



J^otes and News 18 



Literature 20 



A New Genus of Chamidae 21 



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