The American Naturalist: A Popular Magazine Of Natural History, Volume VII: Nos. 1-6 -

Salem, MA: Peabody Academy of Science. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards detached, leather eroded at corners and . backstrip, a few lightly soiled pages.. 1874. Hardcover. Many engravings and illustrations, including beautiful 2 lithograph plates of fossils. Includes articles about natural history observations and research, book reviews, and reader snippets. Three-quarter leather with marbled sides. Contains the following issues: January 1874 - No. 1: Articles about botany of Sweden and Wyoming, birds of South Carolina, animal life of Cuyamaca Mountains around San Diego, sexual development of plants, brachiopods, and obituary notice for Louis Agassiz. February 1874 - No. 2. Articles about Yellowstone National Park by Theo. B. Comstock, Brontotheridae fossils, birds of Florida, botany of Cuyamaca Mountains, a French view of American science, botany of Wyoming, American waterbirds, botany of Norway and Russia, examination of a giant squid found off Newfoundland. March 1874, No. 3. Articles by Louis Agassiz on teething among Selachian fish, wild cattle of Scotland, exploration of the Gulf of Maine with the dredge, Yellowstone, giant squid, botany of Wyoming, and Missouri entomology. April 1874- No. 4. Articles about flora of Penikese Island off Mass. Coast, local variations in the notes and nesting habits of birds, new species of Willow from California, American robin, Wyoming botany, sea urchins, Yellowstone, bird lice. May 1874 - No. 5. Articles about natural history of a polymorphic butterfly, sparrow hawk, natural limits on insect populations, Swainson's buzzard, fossil horses, Swiss alpine botany, diatoms. June 1874 - No. 6. Articles about caterpillar preservation, Cyprinoid fishes of New Jersey, bird migration, deer antlers, and the keeping of pet spiders. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages .