VOL. XXXVII, No. 442 



October. 1903 



THE 



AMERICAN 

 NATURALIST 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 

 DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES 

 IN THEIR WIDEST SENSE 



CONTENTS 



Page 



I. Adaptations to Aquatic, Arboreal, Fossorial and Cursorial Habits in Mam- 

 mals. I. Aquatic Adaptations .... RAYMOND C. 0SBT7RN 651 

 II. Amitosis in the Egg Follicle Cells of the Cricket PROFESSOR E. G. CONKLIN 667 



III. New Species of Plants from the Matawan Formation EDWARD W. BERRY 677 



IV. Some Remarks on the Fossil Fishes of Mount Lebanon, Syria DR. 0. P. HAY 685 

 V. On the Osteology and Systematic Position of the Kingfishers (Halcyonesi 



DR. R. W SHUFELDT 697 



VI. Quarterly Record of Gifts, Appointments, Retirements and Deaths - 727 



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