Vol. XXXVIII, No. 448 



April, 1904 



THE 



AMERICAN 

 NATURALIST 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 

 DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES 

 IN THEIR WIDEST SENSE 



I. The Anatomy of the North American Coniferales together with Certain Exotic 

 Species from Japan and Australasia. Part I. 



PBOFESSOR D. P- PENHAILOW 243 

 n. The Sense of Hearing in the Goldfish Carassins auratas L. 



HENBY B. BIGELOW 



DB ALES HEDLICKA 301 

 f Birds 



B. W. SHUFELDT 311 



Vn. Notes and Literature: General Biology. A Well Balanced Book on Theo- 321 



Zodhgy, "influSe oFui^^on the Distribution of Reptiles and Mam- 

 mals in Patagonia and Fuegia, The Rat-tailed Rotifers, Gardiner's 

 Reports on the Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive 

 Archipelagoes, Position of the Gordiacea, North Atlantic Invertebrata — 

 Botany, The Desert Botanical Laboratory. 327 



BOSTON, U. S. A. 



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