II KIKLD AND FORKS'!'. 



CONTENTS. 



Notes on the Habits of the Green-backed CALiFofeNiA Humming Bird. 



H. W. Ilenshaiv. 95 



Wallace's Geographical Distribution of Animals . . Prof. Theo. Gill. 98 



Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera Win. 11. Edwards. 101 



The Earthworm in Relation to the Fertility of the Ground . . Aature. 105 



The Wheel Bug , S. S. Rathvpn. 108 



The Nebraska Summer School of Science 109 



Potomac-Side Naturalists' Cluk Prof. J. W. Chickerlng. 110 



The Berlin Gorilla 110 



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