THE

AMERICAN NATURALIST,

AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE

OF

NATURAL HISTORY.·

EDITED BY

A. S. PACKARD, JR. AND F. W. PUTNAM.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by the

PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

PRINTED AT

THE SALEM PRESS, F. W. PUTNAM & CO.,
Salem, Mass.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX.

THE PINE SNAKE OF NEW JERSEY. By Rev. Samuel Lockwood. p. 1.

BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS IN SOUTHERN UTAI, IN 1874. By Dr. C. C.
Parry. pp. 14, 139, 199, 267, 346.

THE COLOSSAL CEPHALOPODS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC. By Prof. A. E.

Verrill. Illustrated. pp. 21, 78.

LIFE HISTORIES OF THE PROTOZOA. By A. S. Packard, Jr. Illustrated.

p. 37.

THE WHEELER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW MEXICO FOR 1874. By Prof.

E. D. Cope. p 49

ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. By Prof. T. II. Ilux-

ley. p. 65.

THE SONG OF THE CICADA. By F. C. Clark., M.D. p. 70.

ON THE BREEding of CertaIN BIRDS. By Dr. Elliott Coucs, U. S. A.

p. 75.

LIFE HISTORIES OF THE PROTOZOA AND SPONGES. By A. S. Packard, Jr.

Illustrated. p. 87.

RED SNOW. By F C Clark, M. D. p. 129.

THE SISCO OF LAKE TIPPECANOE. By Prof. D. S. Jordan. p. 135.

THE PRAIRIE GOPHER. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. p. 147.

A STATE SURVEY FOR MASSACHUSETTS, By Prof. N. S. Shaler. p. 156.

THE MODE OF GROWTH OF THE RADIATES. By A. S. Packard, Jr. Il-

lustra'e. p. 100.

ABOUT STARCH. By Prof. M. W. Harrington. Illustrated. pp. 193. 339.

THE INDIAN CEMETERY OF THE GRUTA DAS MUMIAS, SOUTHERN MINAS

GERAES. BRAZIL. By Prof. Ch. Fred. Hartt. Illustrat d. p. 205.

THE MODE OF GROWTH OF THE RADIATES. By A. S. Packard, Jr. Illus-

trated. p. 218.

THE LAW OF EMBRYONIC Development THE SAME IN PLANTS AS IN ANI-

MALS. By I. A. Lapham, LL. D. Illustrated. p. 257.

ON THE PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GREAT DIS-

MAL SWAMP, AND THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA. By Prof. N.

B. Webster. p 260.

THE FERTILIZATION OF CERTAIN FLOWERS THROUGH INSECT AGENCY. By

Thomas G. Gentry. p. 263.

THE INVERTEBRATE CAVE FAUNA OF KENTUCKY AND ADJOINING STATES.

By A. S. Packard, Jr. p. 274.

NOTES ON SPIDERS FROM CAVES IN KENTUCKY, VIRGINIA AND INDIANA.

By James II. Emerton. With Plate. p. 278.

LIFE HISTORIES OF THE MOLLUSCA. By A. S. Packard, Jr. Illustrated.

p. 282.

THE POTTERY OF THE MOUND BUILDERS. By F. W. Putnam. Illustrated.

pp. 321, 393.