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Y01.UME IV. Whole No. 



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We^t 4- i^mEfican + ^cienti^t. 



FEBRUARY, 1888. 



CONTKNTS: 



Andrew Garrett Ebenezer V. Cooper 19 



Fossil Botany. — IV Lorenzo G. Yates 20 



A Sharp Family.— Cactuses —III.— ///. C. R. Orcutt 23 



A Study of River Geology W. R. Lighton 24 



Original Bird Notes ". 26 



Necrology 26 



Among the Magazines 27 



A Glance at Books 27 



C. R. ORCUTT, - PUBLISHER. 

 SAN DIEGO, - - - CALIFORNIA, 



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