VOL. XLIII, HO. SIS 



NOVEMBER, 1809 



THE 



AMERICAN 

 NATURALIST 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



Devoted to the Advancement of the Biological Sciences with 

 Special Reference to the Factors of Evolntion 



CONTENTS 



Pa 



l- The American Toad (Bufo lentiginosis americanus, LeConte). NEWTON 



MILLER .6 



0. Notes on the Behavior of the Domestic Fowl. PHILIP B. HADLEY. . 6 



in. Vitanty of Pine Seeds and the Delayed Opening of Cones. Professor W. C. 



COKER 6 



IV. The Affinities of the Echinoidea. AUSTIN HOBART CLARK « 



V . The Early Breeding Habits of Amblystoma punctatum. ALBERT H. WRIGHT 



and ARTHUR A. ALLEN 6 



Marine Bioloffff- Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory, 

 rroiesaor WILLIAM E. Bitter. Experimental Zoology — Inheritance of 

 Color in Pigeons, B. B. Horton 



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