JANUARY, 1904 



THE 



AMERICAN 

 NATURALIST 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 

 DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES 

 IN THEIR WIDEST SENSE 



CONTENTS 



I, Adaptations to Aquatic, Arboreal, Foasorial and Cnrsorial Habits in Mam- 

 mals. IV. Cursorial Adaptations ... EICHAED S. LULL I 

 n. On the Osteology and Systematic Position of the Pygopodes 



DR. E. W. SHUFELDT 18 

 m. The Eruption of Mount Pelee 1861. Translated from the French of LePrieur, 



Peyraud and Eufz DE. T. A. JAGGAE, JS. 51 



IV. Notes and Literature: Zoology, Birds in their Relations to Man— 76 

 Bofany, The Morphology of Angiosperms, Notes 76 

 V. Correspondence 88 

 VI. Publications Eeceived 89 



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