vi CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII. 
Expedition, p. 635. Influence of Forests on the Rainfall, p. 635. Insec- 
tivorous Plants, p. 684. istribution of American Woodlands, p. 687. 
Adoxa Moschatellina L., in Iowa, p. 690. Dispersion of Seeds by shoot- 
ing them off, p. 690. Botrychium lunaria Swartz, p. 691. Yucca filamen- 
tosa, p. 749. The Distinctive Features of Apple Flowers, p. 752. 
ZOOLOGY. 
A New Mgerian Maple Borer, p. 57. $ Spinous Fin i re a pangs p. 58. 
Capture of a Gigantic Squid at pence p- 120. w (?) Ægerian 
Maple Borer, p. 123. e Anatomy of Worms, E 12t. Doi in 
Missouri, p. 181. A New North praa Bird, p. Economic Ento- 
mology, p. 189. Gigantic Cuttle- ocg 2s of laes p. 226. Laws 
of Geographical Variation in North American Mammals and Birds, p 
227. The Habits of Polistes and eee ; p. 229. Notes on the Plant 
Lice, p. 221. A Straggler in the Ohio, p. 233. Assembling among Moths, 
p. 234. Organs of Hearing in Insects, p. 236. Change of Habit, p. 237. 
Spontaneous Gencration, p. 238. Discovery of the Water Thrush’s Nest 
in New England, p. 238. Two rare Owls from Arizona, p. 239. Avifauna 
of Colorado and Wyoming, p. 240. The Olive-sided Flycatcher, p. 240. 
A remarkable Peculiarity of DURIN urophasianus, p. 240. Ona 
Hummingbird new to our Fauna, p. 2 ccurrence of Telea Polyphe- 
mus in California.— A Correction, p. en Identity of our Hydra with 
European Species,,p. 244. Olive-sided Flycatcher, pp. 308, 309. Pet 
New Jersey, p. 364. The Honey-ants, p. 365. Spizella Breweri (?) in 
Massachusetts, p. 366. The Chimney aie. Change i in Place of Nesting, 
p. 867. The Myriopod Cermatia poisonous, p. 368. Blind Crustacea, p. 
368. Birds and Caterpillars, p. 368. A bs Hina Helix albolabris, p. 368. 
Note on esti d Insects in Collec s, p. 869. The Structure of 
Sponges, p. 425. ckel’s Embryonal 48 Abestia form of all Animals, 
p. 426. apitar ad Life of the Arctic Ocean, p. 42 w 
External Ovaries, p. 427. A Eras Beetle Pariato of the Beaver 
(with cut), p. 427. Tornaria not a larval Starfish, but the Young of a ` 
orm, p.429. The White-necked bic »p. 429. R elation of the Celen- 
terates and Echinoderms, p. 430. New Carboniferous Myriopods from 
Nova Scotia, p. 430. The Discovery of the Origin of the Sting of the 
Bee, p. 431. Deep Sea Dredgings in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, p. 481. 
The Mouth Parts of the Dragon Fly, p. 432. A New Type of Snakes, p- 
432 otice of a Species of Tern new to the Atlantic Coast of North 
p- 43 s 
orth America, p. 434. On Some of the Evidences of Life in Great Salt 
Lake, p. 435. English Sparrows, p. 486. A New Group of Cyprinidae, p- 
436. A Horned Elotherium, p. 437. The Skunk, p. 437. The Redheaded 
Woodpecker in Maine, p. 437. Menobranchus edible, p. 488. New Crus- 
tacea of the Sikes Josephine Expedition, p. 438. Special Mode of De- 
ve of certain Batrachians, p. 438. The Paleontological History of 
