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THE 



AMERICAN 



JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 



Editor: EDWARD S. DANA. ^ '' 



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. XVI— [WHOLE NUMBER, CLXVL] 



WITH SEVENTEEN PLATES. 



NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. 



1903 



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