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THE 



AMERICAN 



JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 



EDITORS 



JAMES D. and EDWARD S. DANA. 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS 



Professors JOSIAH P. COOKE, GEORGE L. GOODALE 

 and JOHN TROWBRIDGE, of Cambridge, 



Professors H. A. NEWTON and A. E. VERRILL, ok 

 New Haven, 



Professor GEORGE F. BARKER, of Philadelphia. 







THIRD SEEIES. 







VOL. 



XXXVI 



.-[WHOLE NUMBER, 

 Nos. 211—216. 



OXXXVI.J 







JULY 



TO DECEMBER, 



1888. 









WITH XI PLATES. 



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NEW HAVEN, CONN. : J. D. & E. S. DANA. 



1888. 



