JG 



I 



THE 



AMERICAN 



JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 



Editor: EDWARD S. DANA. 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS 



Professors GEO. L. GOODALE, JOHN TROWBRIDGE, 

 H. P. BOWDITCH and W. G. FARLOW, of Cambridge, 



Professors O. C. MARSH, A. E. VERHILL and H. S. 

 WILLIAMS, of New Haven, 



Professor GEORGE F. BARKER, of Philadelphia, 

 Professor H. A. ROWLAND, of Baltimore, 

 Mr. J. S. DILLER, of Washington. 



FOURTH SERIES. 

 YOL. YI— [WHOLE NUMBER, CLVL] 



WITH THREE PLATES. 



NEW HAYEN, CONNECTICUT. 



1898. 



