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Virulence of the Common Parsnip. — Alien M. D. The Thape of the Hind Limbs in the 

 Mammalia as Modifies hy the weight of the Trunk. — Morris. Attack and Defense as Agents 

 in Animai Evolution. — Meek and Robert Newland. A Eeview of the American Species 

 of the Genus Scorpa3na. — Meeìian. On a White-seeded Variety of the Honey Locust. — 

 Rand. Notes on the Lafayette Serpentine Belt. — Leidy. Worms in Ice. — Eigenman and 

 Mortori. A Catalogue of the Fishes of Bean Blossom Creek, Monroe Co., Ind. — Everman 

 and Mortori. List of Fishes collected in Harvey and Cowley Counties, Kansas. 



+Proceedings of the American Academy of arts and sciences. N. S. Voi. XIII. 

 Boston, 1885. 8°. 



Holman. On the Effect of Temperature on the Viscosity of Air. — White. Comparison 

 of Alcohol Thermometers Baudin 8208 and 8209 with the Air Thermometer at low Tempe- 

 ratures. — Gibbs. Besearches on the Complex Inorganic Acids. — McAdie. Atmospheric 

 Electricity at High Altitudes. — Hill and Sanger. On Substituted Pyromucic Acids. — 

 Loring Jackson and Hartshorn. On the Action of Chromic Superfmoride on Benzoic 

 Acid. — Kimball. On the Influence of Magnetic Stress npon the Capacity of an Electric 

 Condenser. — Young. A Thermochemical Analysis of the Beaction between Alum and Potas- 

 sium Hydrate. — Huntington. Crystallographic Notes. — Todd. Telescopio Search for the 

 Trans-Neptunian Planet. — Pickering. Colored Media for the Photographic Dark Boom. 



f Proceedings of the American philosophical Society. Voi. XXII, 1-4. Philadelphia, 

 1885. 8°. 



1. Cope. The Extinct Mammalia of the Valley of Mexico. — Id. On the Structure 

 of the Feet in the Extinct Artiodactyla of North America. — Id. Fifth Contribution to 

 the Knowledge of the Fauna of the Permian formation of Texas and the Indian Territory. — 

 Hampton L. Carson. Biographical Notice of Gen. A. A. Humphreys, U. S. A. — Vana. Bio- 

 graphical Notice of Henry M. Phillips. — Da Costa. Biographical Sketch of Professor Samuel 

 D. Gross. — 2. Brinton. On the Language and Ethnologic Position of the Xinca Indians 

 of Guatemala. — Kirkwood. The limits of stability of nebulous Planets, and the consequences 

 resulting from their mutuai relations. — Stevenson. Notes on the Geological Structure of 

 Tazewell, Bussell, Wise, Smyth and Washington Counties of Virginia. — Id. Some Notes 

 Bespecting Metamorphism. — Cope. Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical 

 America. — Brinton. The Lineai Measures of the Semi-Civilized Nations of Mexico and 

 Central America. — Chase. An Experiment in Weather Forecast. — Koenig. Note on Cosalite, 

 Alaskaite and Beegerite. — Blasius. The Eemarkable Sun-glows in the Falls of 1883 and 

 1884. — Frazer. A convenient Device to be applied to the Hand Compass. 3. Old Minutes 

 of the Society, from 1743 to 1838. — 4. Cunoen. Obituary Notice of Thomas S. Kirkbride.— 

 Agnew. Biographical Sketch of the late Elias P. Beadle, D. D., LL. D. — Langdon Alger. 

 A Collection of Words and Phrases taken from the Passamaquody Tongue. — Stoll. 

 Supplementary Bemarks to the Grammar of the Cakchiquel Language of Guatemala. — 

 Packard. On the Embryology of the Limulus polyphemus, HI. — Rink. Becent Danish 

 Explorations in Greenland and their significance as to Arctic Science in general. — Carter. 

 On the Detection of the Adulterations in Oils. — Gatschet. The Aruba Language and the 

 Papiamento Jargon. — Brinton. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as set 

 forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt. — von Humboldt. The Verb in American Languages. — 

 Curtis Taylor. On Composite Photography. — Gentil and vom Rath. On the Vanadates 

 and Iodyrite, from Lake Valley, Sierra Co., New Mexico. — Chase. The Chase-Maxwell 

 Batio. — Id. Thermo-electro-photo-baric Unit. — Cope. A Contribution to the Herpetology 

 of Mexico. — Law. Obituary Notice of William S. Vaux. — Cope. Second Contribution 

 of Besearches among the Batrachia of the Coal Measures of Ohio. — Gatschet. The Beothuk 



