Vor. IL Noe: MARCH 1891. PRICE 20 CENTS. 
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A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 
Popular Natural History. 
WiiuiaM C. Harris, Managing Editor. 
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CONTENTS. 
A Highland Manse ....- «22... ..sduesnn Robert Campbell Auld 
The Seventeen-year Locust.........-.csseeeeeeceeees W. M. Kohl 
‘Dine Dewalt Wy Grits .2 4:0 < sca os Sa eee ee F. A. Fouchet, M D. 
Old-time Hunters and Trappers .........--+-.+++++ Samuel Parker 
The Old Live Oak Tree—-The Ugly Brown Stone. . Stewart E. White 
The Bards Victorious. ....)c.....5 cceemen tees useee M. B.M. Toland 
Dulcet Days in the Berkshire Hills...............- Charles Hallock 
On the ‘‘Gila Monster”.........sscs.c0000. Professor S. Garman 
mine Alligator Of FUscida 6. .. 65+ ss cduwpacees baveure Isaac McLellan 
po Pi ee ee aye Stewart E. White 
ite eeeazican Cuckoo ..7.. 0000: scmuaetaxcsse Morris Gibbs, M. D. 
Buzzards, Hawks and Eagles in Southern California... ¥. H Morrow 
Me) AQUMNUNM wos ea ecceccece-sccenme Conducted by Hugo Mulertt 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The ‘‘ Alma Perdita” Bird. Globular Lightning. 
A Phenomenal Icicle. The Glaciers of Alaska. 
A Few Notes. Data for a Large Collection of 
The Turkey Buzzard. Eggs. 
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