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all the way I held my big fur mitten over it. Even then there was 

 ice in the bottle and the newts were quite dormant when put into 

 cold water. They revived, however, and were soon so active 

 that two of them (the best ones of course) escaped in the night 

 to their death crawling about upon the dry floors. The beetles 

 and boatmen and polywogs quickly learned to share the food of 

 the goldfish so all goes merrily here also. 



Species active December 29 and January 20 : yellow salamanders, 

 leopard frog, predacious diving beetles {Dytiscids), small water 

 beetles (Haltphids) , mosquito larvae (Corethra), water boatmen 

 (Coristds), several species of snails, lower forms of microscopic 

 life, and water plants including water cress. 



A Remarkable Achievement in Animal Illustration 



The National Geographic Magazine for November 19 16 is epoch 

 making in the history of the mammals of America. This number 

 contains 6 1 superb illustrations in color of the larger North Ameri- 

 can mammals by Louis Agassiz Fuertes ; and accompanying each 

 figure is a terse, comprehensive and especially well written account 

 of the animal's habits by Mr. E. W. Nelson. 



The public has learned to think of Mr. Fuertes as an illustrator 

 of bird life, but these pictures show that he is equally as strong 

 if not stronger as an illustrator of animals. When Mr. Fuertes 

 was a boy in college his Professor of Entomology said : "One feels 

 in looking at his pictures of the grasshopper that the insect is 

 actually crawling and getting ready to jump." This same quality 

 of aliveness is evident in each and every one of these pictures. 

 The thrilling presentation of the Peary caribou attacked by Artie 

 wolves, or that of the free striding prong-horned antelope, or that 

 of the howling Arizona cayote all exemplify this quality to a 

 remarkable degree. We have always had a great admiration 

 for Mr. Fuertes' backgrounds. They are true to nature and at 

 the same time artistic and exquisitely appropriate. His spirited 

 picture of the Arctic foxes in their snowy surroundings is beautiful 

 from every point of view. Mr. Fuertes' contribution to science 

 is of the highest importance and we return thanks to the Geographic 

 Magazine for enabling him to put on record and place before the 

 public these beautiful and life-illuminating pictures. 



