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Gilbert. The fishes of the interior of Kentucky (by title), A. J. 
Woolman. Notes on Indiana Reptiles, Amos W. Butler. Observa- 
tions on the habits of Synaptomys cooperit, Amos W. Butler. Chæto- 
dontidz of the Sandwich Islands, O. P. Jenkins. Notes on structure 
of muscle cells in Salamanders, O. P. Jenkins, Geophili in Jefferson 
County, Ind. (by title), Geo. C. Hubbard. Notes on some Actinia, 
W. F. Glick. Some notes on Indiana birds, B. W. Evermann. Contri- 
bution to the distribution of the fishes of the West Coast of North 
America, O. P. Jenkins and B. W. Evermann. Sailor Spiders on Lake 
Maxinkuckee, O. P. Jenkins. The Butterflies of Indiana, W. S. 
Blatchley. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Vigo Co., Ind., W. S. 
Blatchley. The death of Salmon after spawning, D. S. Jordan. The 
fishes of the upper Columbia and the Shoshone Falls, D. S. Jordan. 
Eels of America and Europe (by title), D. S. Jordan and B. M. Davis. 
Food habits of the Blue Jay, C. W. Hargitt. Notes on Hydra fusca, 
C. W. Hargitt. Acridiide of Vigo Co., Ind., W. S. Blatchley. On 
a bird new to the State fauna, W. S. Blatchley. On Cnicus discolor as 
an insect trap, W. S. Blatchley. Relation of the number of vertebræ _ 
in fishes to the temperature of water, D. S. Jordan. Notes on Indiana 
Mammals, B. W. Evermann and A. W. Butler. Audubon’s old mill at 
Henderson, Ky., B. W. Evermann. The range of the Evening Gros- 
beak in the winter of 1889—’90, Amos W. Butler. Carolina Parakeet 
in Indiana, Amos W. Butler. The colors of sounds, Gustaf Karsten. 
The colors of letters, D. S. Jordan. A list of the Orthoptera of Illi- 
nois, with descriptions of new species and observations on the songs 
and habits of little-known species (by title), Jerome McNeill. De 
scription of a new zsthesiometer, William Bryan. esearches on the 
tactual perception of distance, William Bryan. Researches on reaction 
time, William Bryan. Fishes of the Wabash Basin, B. W. Evermann 
and O. P. Jenkins. Hypnotism, W. B. Clarke. The presidential 
address, ‘‘ The Work of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,” was 
given on the evening of the 3oth. 
The Nebraska Academy of Sciences was organized at Lin 
coln, Neb., Jan. rst, 1891, with seventy-three members. A short con- 
stitution was adopted, and the following officers were elected: Presi- 
dent, Dr. J. S. Kingsley; Vice President, Prof. G. D. Swezey; Sec- 
retary and Treasurer, Prof. W. E. Taylor; Custodian, Lawrence 
Bruner; Directors, Mrs. E. O. Nettleton, W. H. Skinner. The 
Academy will hold its annual meeting in Lincoln, the week following 
Christmas, and will hold a field meeting each spring at some interest- 
ing point in the state. 
