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AMERICAN 

 NATURALIST 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES 



IN THEIR WIDEST SENSE. 



Vol. XXX. MAY, 1896. No. 353 



CONTENTS. 



The Probable Influence of Disturbed Nutri- 



. *eis«* and -Leopard Rock' of Ontario-Pet™* 







Phase of the Sporophyte. 









Progress in American Ornithology. 1886-1895. 



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The Path of the Water Current in- Cucum- 





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Editor's Table.— The Destruction of the Seal 





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