NATUEAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



INDEX TO VOL. II. 



Aerolites 3 



Age of Trees and Size of Timber .18 



Alligator or "Gator," The .46 



America, Geology of North and South 33 



Amoeba. The , .14 



Ants of Africa, The Termites or White '*h 



Arctic and Antartic Oceans 15 



Arizona Antiquarian Society 4 



li.ihania Expedition of the State Univer- 

 sity of Iowa, The 38 



liirds of Western New York 43, 47, 53. 51 



Borax Mines. California 31 



Botanical Gardens, The New York ...33 



Boyhood Days in Spring 33 



Book Worms, Live 59 



California Borax Mines 34 



Camphor is Made, How 40 



Canada, The Mineral Production of sk! 



Carnlverous Pine Grosbeaks 24 



Cave, Mammoth 5, 9 



Caves of Japan, Ice 8 



Chemical Labratory, In the 59 



Crystals Kock i 56 



( 'ollection of Mr. Henry Seebohn 30 



Columbine's Botanical Name. Origin of 



the '0 



Conchologists, a Day Afield With Two Texan 46 



Coral Island :'. 6 



Crows, Games Among 27 



Cryolite of Greenland. The 37 



Dove, Late Nesting of the Mourning 12 



Dust in Nature 35 



Elephant "Keedah." The White 10 



Egypt, The Scorpions of 14 



Expedition to the Interior or Labrador. 



An Exploring 



Expedition to Patagonia, Geological 41 



Expedition of the State University of 



Iowa, The Bahama i8 



Fasting Spider. A 4 I 



Ferns, The Fragrant Shield 1 1 



Field Days in the Foot hills 11 



Fishes, Nest-building trt 



Flora, The Primeval 2.1 



Flower. The First Spring ..; 31 



Games Among Crows 27 



Geology and the "King-Crab" 20 



Geology of North and South Amsr'w ... 28 



Geological Expedition to Patagonia '1 



Granite, A Mountain of Solid 57 



Greenland, The Cryolite of 37 



Grosbeaks. Carnlverous Pine 24 



Guano Island, Objects of Interest on a 17 



Home, A Naturalist's 21 



Ice Caves of Japan 8 



Index to Vol. I; (A complete index to Vol. 

 I of the Natural Sciencs News 

 was given in the issue of April S5,18J6).. f.0 



Infusorial Earth and Its Uses 1 < 



Invincible Creatures. Nature's Most 38 



Iowa, The Bahama Expedition of the 



State University of 38 



Island, Objects of Interest on a Guano i'i 



Islands, The Coral 6 



Jamaica. The Mongoose in 2,8 



Japan, Ice Caves of : 8 



Katydid Samson, A 53 



King-Crab." Geology and the S.0 



Labrador, An Exploring :Expedhion In 



the Interior of H 28 



Leeches' 19 



Mammoth Cave 5, 9 



Meteorites 2 



Mineral and Vegetable Waxes v- 4 



Mineral Production of Canada. The y. 31 



Mongoose in Jamaica. The .. .> Si 



Mountain of Solid Granite. A 57 



Museum Burglarized, Peabody 8 



Museum, Nature's..^ 48 



Nature, Dust in 35 



Nature's Museum 48 



Nature's Most Invincible Creatures 8 



Nebraska City Naturalist's Association 32 



Nest-Building Fishes Hi 



Nesting of Mourning Dove, Late 12 



Nesting Sites, Peculiar 11 



New York, Birds of Western 43, 47. 53, •' 4 



Oceans, Arctic and Antartic 15 



Origin of the Columbine's Botanical Name 40 



Oriole. The Baltimore 43 



Ostrich's Stomach, The Marvels of An 40 



Papilio Asterias, A Sketch of the Life His- 

 tory of 49 



Parasite. A New 27 



Parrot. An Intelligent 32 



Patagonia; A Geological Expedition to 41 



Peabody Museum Burglarized 8 



Plant Life, Curiosity of 42 



Post Prandial Pot-Pourri 45 



Prairie Dogs and Their Neighbors 4i 



Primeval Flora, The 29 



Progress of Scientific Work 42 



Radiata, The 1 



Rice, Wild 44 



Rock Crystals 56 



Rushby, Dr. H. H. 34 



Science in Schools, Scientific Work, Pro- 

 gress of 42 



Scorpions of Egypt 14 



Seebohn, Collection of Mr. Henry 36 



siderites 3 



Snakes. More About "Joint" 55 



Spider, A Fasting 44 



Spider's Silk 25 



Spring Boyhood Days in 33 



Spring Flower. The' First Z2 



Stomach, The Marvels of an Ostrich's 40 



Termites or White Ants of Africa. The .. 35 

 Texan Conchologists. A Day Afield with Two 46 



Trees and Size of Timber. Age 18 



Trees, Biggest of Big 58 



Vegetable Waxes, Mineral and 4 



VerrlU, Albert H 8 



Waxes, Mineral and Vegetable 4 



Waterton, Homes of Charles 21 



White Elephant Kedah 10 



Volcanic Dust Amount of F9 



Veazuelan Exliibit. A 59 



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