CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXVIII. 
NUMBER CLXIII. 
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Art. I.—Contributions to Meteorology; by Ex1as Loomis. ay 
With Plates I and 25 27 5-25 -<ia4 2-2. oe 
{SUL oe eee Rp l aaueen peat Cnataccns sneer uae 17 
Til. Meee tas’ Notes from the Laboratory of the U. S. 
Geol. Survey; by F. W. CrarKkE a nes M. Cuararp,.. 20 
IV.—Occurrence of Alkalies in Beryl; by S. L. pera 25 
aden. ab casi River and the Glacial Period; by G. 
heen cha on Seen kaa ae eh ee oe me 32 
VI. <Digorery of Primordial Fossils in Columbia County, 
: . BD. Sos cet oe 5 
VII.—Some ed arently undescribed forms of Fresh-water 
Infusoria ; et A SI ASORMB, oi eke sac ste ee eS 5 Gam 38 
VIIL.—The Caines of Variations by B Hircucock, - - 49 
IX.—Crustacea of the Albatross redgings in 1883 | : by 
mt: 8 
X.—Crystallized Gold in Prismatic Forms; by W. P. Brake, 57 
XI.—Mode of Action of Shell- and Rock-boring Mollusks ; 
SRORBR, «6 suias oh Case ee eee ce Se 
F. 
XII. Mcmorials of of ke ee and of Oswald Heer ; 
by Asa Gray, 
SCIENTIFIO INTELLIGENCE. 
Physics and Chemistry. rag Laer of rong and Vapors, A 
. WINCKELMANN : 
eames ey Flectric city, 70.—Earth Currents: Results of the Electrical ue 
gress of 1884, 71. —Manual of Chemis Physical and Inorganic, H. Warts, 
Geology and Natural History—Origin of Crystalline Rocks, T. S. Hunt, 72.— 
Alaaka glacier phenomena: Fauna of oi St. John Group (Primordial or Cam- 
brian), New Brunswick, G. J. manage Calcium Phosphate, or a 
the Canadian rocks, H. G. VENNO! —North Carolina Phosphates, W. B. 
zanthe, R. Brown, rghit of the genus and rearrangement of the Annual 
Species, C. C. Parry: Siliceous spicules of Sponges: Course of Instruction in 
Zootomy his ertebra it z . cna RKER, 76.—Handbook of Vertebrate Dissection, 
H. N. Martin and W. A. M 
mccce Scientific Intelligence—Lawrence Smith — of the U. 8. tron 
Academy, 77.—American Association for the Advancement of Science: Inter- 
a Geological Congress, Third Session : Life nee Album, F, Gao, 
a An@us SMITH, 79. 
