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The Musk Ox G. A. Stockiuell. 143 



Notice of American Microscopical Society 1.S3 



Catalogue of the Birds of the District of Columbia . . . Pierre Louis Jouy. 154 



Insect Longevity S. S. Rathvon. 156 



Local Plant Catalogues J. W. Chickering. 158 



The Lubber Grasshopper . . . • Chas. R. Dodge. 160 



Gleanings in Foreign Fields 161 



The Venomous Spider of New Zealand. — Sense of Hearing in Birds and Insects. — 



Friendly Spiders. 



Notes. — Recent Arrival; at Zoological Garden, Philadelphia. — Trox Scaber 164 



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