thuary, 1887. 7 wees 
Vol. XXI., No. 
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ee BACTERIA AND THEIR RELATION TO 
SAPROPHYTES. Theobald Smith . .. .. . 
JN SOME POPULAR eas IN REGARD TO THE 
ESKIMOS. Tohkn Mi 
ran oF SEX. [Mhustrated.] Fx/ius 
Nets 
PES SAN ee a ee E ERE 
See we ee eR A mc ie E a mene Ro wry pele S Awe 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF DIPODOMYS, 
WITH SOME Ss oF Irs Hastirs, [IHus= 
‘trated.} tephen 
HistoRY OF GARDEN VEGETABLES. Æ. Lewis Stur- 
tevani 
eS S S E E E ear ale E te EE a Ea S ome E ye kA 
PE We OO OR T eae hee 
EDITORS TABL 
American Bloc Instruction Seip eu ee oe 
PEREAT No 
Geography pp Travels —America: Alaska; The 
Source of the Mississippi—Europe: Moresnet; 
casus.—Asia and the Islands: Australia; 
\frica German 
ontology — Primitive abe 
--The New jersey. Cretaceo 
POP Tk te ast eam ried, ane Cee ile, ee ee, ko eae 
5 “News ye eon News,— Meteorites. —Cry 
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Mineralo, Gay and Fetrasraphy. er 
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Rrtany P Tlen 
—The Tree- Trank a its 5 Branches- The Article 
* Schizomycetes’ in oe Base lopedia Britannica.— 
Botanical Jourmals -> ns ok un 
Extomology.—Preliminary Descrigtt ons of Ti 
New North American Myriapods.—Mimicry a a 
terpilla 
and 
on cine Distribution of 
lations of 
re ae ya vicinis. —Loological NewS... - - 
Embryology — ~The F ioctl the taped 
velopment of Rotifers — Fhe Gestation of Armadib- 
ba o e ae 
Anthropology. — Chinese | Jade i in An a a 
nim 
gh ea PRO ee a a 
oscopy.—Orienting Objects in Paraffine ne [Ti- 
ineteated Orientation of Small Objects for See- 
tion-Cuttin. #0 
Psychology.—The Perception of Space by Dis- 
parate Senses roz 
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