VOL. XXXIII, No. 387” MARCH, 1899 
THE 
AMERICAN 
NATURAL IS£ 
A MONTHLY JOURNAL 
DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES 
IN THEIR WIDEST SENSE 
CONTENTS 
I. The Present Status of Anatomy Professor J. PLAYFAIR M°MURRICH 
II. The — Annual Meeting of the Society for Plant Morphology and 
Physiology . Professor ERWIN F. SMITH 
III. The Ossicula Auditus na ‘Mammalian hon neestry 
Professor J. S. KINGSLEY and W. H. RUDDICK 
IV. Desmognathus Fusca (Rafinesque) and Spelerpes Bilineatus (Green) 
Professor HARRIS H. WILDER 
V. The Poisons Given Off by Parasitic Worms in Man and 
VI. A Curious Malformation of the Shields on a Snake’s Head 
STEJNEG: 
VII. Editorial: The een of Morphologists, The ‘American Journal of Phys- 
iology, Laws of Priori 
VIII. Reviews of Recent ig ae ee Anthropology: The Origin of Culture — 
General Biology: Embryos without Maternal Nuclei; Temperature and 
Rate of Regeneration; Organisms and Oxygen ; The sie Dee Sig- 
Plants; e eous 
ria bane Geological Survey — Petrography: Granites 
tic Oceanic Islands and the Nature of Laterite; Isenite and Tai i 
hsi Types of Volcanic Rocks; Dike Rocks of P ortland, Me.; Notes 
News 
X. Publications Received 
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GINN & COMPAN PUBLISHERS 
9-13 TREMONT PLACE 
Animals 
Dr. G. H. F. NUTTALL 
