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Volume VI. 



THE 



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A popular monthly teview and record for the Pacific Coast. 

 Official Organ of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 



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CONTENTS : 



Page 

 Mealy Bugs of the United States D. W. Coquillett 121 



Notes from the San Diego Biological Laboratory 



C. H.<2f R. S. Eigenmann 123 



Flora of the Alamo C. R. Orcutt 132 



Fauna and Flora of Colorado— II T. D. A. Cockerell 134 



Contributions to West American Botany.— II C. R. Orcutt 137 



Briefer Articles— Maria Mitchell; A Rival of Indian Corn; A Bur- 

 ied City; Intelligent Swallows; Artificial Silk; Flowers in 



Ice; Knife Surgery 



Proceedings of Scientific Societies 



Bibliography 



Editorial ... 



Notes and News 



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