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AMERICAN 



JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 



Editor: EDWARD S. DANA. 



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ASSOCIATE EDITORS 



Professors GEO. L. GOODALE, JOHN TROWBRIDGE, 

 W. G. FARLOW and WM. M. DAVIS, of Cambridge, 



Professors A. E. VERRILL, HENRY S. WILLIAMS and 

 L. V. PIRSSON, of New Haven, 



Professor GEORGE F. BARKER, of Philadelphia, 



Professor JOSEPH S. AMES, of Baltimore, 



Mr. J. S. DILLER, of Washington. 



FOURTH SERIES. 

 VOL. XT— [WHOLE NUMBER, CLXY.] 



WITH EIGHT PLATES. 



NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. 



1903 



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