A. S. PACKARD, JR., E. S. MORSE, A. HYATT, AND F. W. PUTNAM.

VOLUME I.

SALEM, MASS.

PUBLISHED BY THE ESSEX INSTITUTE.
1868.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by the
ESSEX INSTITUTE,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

ESSEX INSTITUTE PRESS.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

THE LAND SNAILS OF NEW ENGLAND. By E. S. Morse. With
a Plate and Illustrations, pp. 5, 95, 150, 186, 313, 411, 541, 606, 666
THE VOLCANO OF KILAUEA, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, IN 1864-5. By
W. T. Brigham. With a Plate, .

THE FOSSIL REPTILES OF NEW JERSEY. By Prof. E. D. Cope,

THE AMERICAN SILK WORM. By L. Trouvelot. With Illustra-

tions and two Plates,

.

16

23

30, 85, 145

38

WINTER NOTES OF AN ORNITHOLOGIST. By J. A. Allen,

THE MOSS-ANIMALS, OR FRESHI WATER POLYZOA. By Alpheus
Hyatt. With three Plates,

57, 131, 180

THE FERTILIZATION OF FLOWERING PLANTS. By J. T. Rothrock,

INSECTS AND THEIR ALLIES. By A. S. Packard, jr., M. D. lius-

trated, .

SOME ERRORS REGARDING THE HABITS OF OUR BIRDS. By Dr.

T. M. Brewer,

THE FOOD OF THE SEA-URCHIN. By J. W. Dawson, LL.D. Il-

THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF PLANTS. By C. M. Tracy,

THE TARANTULA KILLERS OF TEXAS. By G. Lincecum, M. D.
Illustrated,

THE BIRDS OF SPRING. By J. A. Allen,

124

THE RECENT BIRD TRACKS OF THE BASIN OF MINAS. By C.

Fred. Hartt, A. M.,

THE HABITS OF THE GORILLA. By W. Winwood Reade.
PARASITIC PLANTS. By G. D. Phippen. Illustrated,
OYSTER CULTURE. By F. W. Fellowes,

THE SCORPION OF TEXAS. By G. Lincecum, M. D. Illustrated,
A NOTE FROM THE FAR NORTH. By J. T. Rothrock, .

THE SEA-HORSE AND ITS YOUNG. By Rev. S. Lockwood. Illus-

trated,.

SOMETHING ABOUT JELLY-FISHES. By Edward S. Morse.

a Plate,

AGENCY OF INSECTS IN FERTILIZING PLANTS. By W. J. Beal,

ICE-MARKS AND ANCIENT GLACIERS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.

By A. S. Packard, jr., M. D.,

THE QUADRUPEDS OF ARIZONA. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., 281,

351, 393, 531

THE COCKROACH AND ITS ENEMY. By G. A. Perkins, M. D.,