CONTENTS. 
The Status c 
The Food of the Owls. 
Primitive Architecture, 
A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Genus Branchipus. 
P. Hay (Feb.) 91 
A Corner of Brittany. J. Walter Fewkes (Feb.) 96 
On the Permian Formation of Texas. {Illustrated.) C.A.White .(Feb.) 109 
" " " '■ ^^ ' 1 by the Naturalist Exploring Expedition to South- 
klonth in the Eastern Phill 
the Development of ( 
The Artiodactyla. (Illustrated.) E. D. Cope (Mar.) 
The Proboscidia. [Illustroled.) E. D. Cope 
Across the Santa Barbara Channel. J. Walter Fewkes . 211, 
The Polar DitFerentiation of Volvox and the Specialization of Possible 
Anterior Sense Organs. John A. Ryder 
The Development of the Theories of Crystal Structure. H. A. Miers . . . 
A General Preliminary Description of the Devonian Rocks of Iowa, which 
Constitute a Typical Section of the Devonian Formation of the Interior 
Continental Area of North America. C. L. Webster 
Arboreal Tadpoles. 
Cayuga Indian Relics. (Illustrated.) W. M. Beauchamp . 
i Vegetation of Hot Springs, 
ja Indian Relics. (Illui 
Days and Nights by the Sea. 
Soleniscus : Its Generic Characters and Relations. C. R. Keyes 
Segmentation of the Ovum, with Especial Reference to the Mammalia. (II- 
The Song of the Singing Mouse. William T. Davis . . . ; 
The Paheontological Evidence for the Transmission of Acquired Charac- 
ters. Henry F. Osborn 
Methods and Models in Geographic Teaching. William M. Davis .... 
A New Cattle Pest. (Illustrated.) S. W. Williston 
On a Few Californian Medusa. (Illustrated.) J. W^ Fewkes 
Notes on the Habits of some Amblystomas. (Illustrated.) 0. P. Hay . . 
The Edentata of North America. (Illustrated.) E. D. Cope 
History of Garden Vegetables. E. L. Stitrtevant 
The Segregations of Polled Races in America. R. C. Auld 
The Effect of Rain on Earth Worms 
A Naturalist's Rambles in Ceylon. H. Hensolpt ■ ■ 
Prof. D. W. C. Duncan's Analysis of the Cherokee Language. C. L. Webster 
Sculptured Rock at Trenipeleau, Wis. (Illustrated.) T. H. Lewis .... 
Origin of the Loess. John T. Campbell 
Synopsis of the Families of Vertebrata. E. D. Cope 
Notes on the Archaeology and Ethnology of Easter Island. (Illustrated.) 
Walter Hough 
