
— 
— 
APRIL, 1891. 
(Entered as second-class matter in the New York Post Office.) 

A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF vA 
Popular Natural History. 
Wittiam C. Harris, Managing Editor. 
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, - - - $2.00 PER ANNUM. 
CONTENTS 
In the April Woods.. ...........- OPP oo Samuel G. McClure 
Some Opinions on the Bite of the ‘‘ Gila Monster,” 
R. W. Shufeldt, C M. Z. S., etc. 


(Re | ae eee Ne ee FJ W. Muller 
The Nesting Habits of the Woodcock........... Dr. Morris Gibbs 
The Gopher and His Trapper...............+.-- Linnaeus Roberts 
The European Land-rail or Corn-crake.............. 7. O. Russell 
A Semmtigtumia) Song i. 5 6c .0 sec ase<c0ss. gure Albert Bigelow Paine 
Professor Joe—A Story of the Sioux.............065 Samuel Parker 
Among the Moths and Butterflies...... ......... ‘Fulia P. Ballard 
My Set of Great Horned Owl Eggs........-...+.+. AC. Kem on 
Beemkine and seal Psberies,....... 17... .. agWeeeeneiats es evicce oe cst 
Nesting and Birth of Birds.................0005 Francis A Knight 
Werte SE LOTGGE 505s cgi cc cc ces... ccmebun bs Charles Hallock 
jo Oe eee Conducted by Hugo Mulertt 
Bird Songs and Vernal Sounds... ................ lsaac McLellan 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Tenacity of Life in Animals. The Flight of Birds. 
Nest-building Fishes. Showers of Fish. 
The Kibi—Maori Skulls. How Snakes Swallow Fish. 
A Large Sunfish. Cats Affected by Feeding on 
Coquina Rock. Scallops. 
Fish Breedmg in the Clouds. Dead Alewives in Lake Ontario 
The Manatee or Sea-cow. 
PUBLISHED BY 
THE HARRIS PUBLISHING CO., 
1o WARREN Sr., New York. 
J. KLINE EMMBET, JR., Pres’t. H. R HARRIS, See’y and Treas 
PricE 20 CENTs. 

