The American Museum Journal 



CONTEXTS FOR MARCH, 1!)12 



Cover, Design from monarch butterfly j^roup 



Frontisi)iece, Detail of tlie Orizul)a bird group 82 



In Search of Crocker Lund Edmund Otis Hovky 83 



To solve the; remaining great geographical problem of tlie eartli. Plans for work 

 under the leadership of two members of Peary's last polar expedition 



The Catlin Paintings Clark Wisslek 89 



Famous cartoon collection of 417 pictures presented to the Museum by Ogden 

 Mills. Illustrated with i)hotograi)hs of the paintings 



Rhinoceros-hunting E. Hubert Litchfield 94 



A sportsman's notes on hunting the lilack rliiuo in British East Africa. With 

 photographs of some of the heads of large game in the loan collection on the 

 walls of the African hall 



Three New (iroups Frederic A. Lucas 101 



The wild boar group portrays a snowbound fore.st of north Germany; the Ori- 

 zaba bird group, a tropical Me.\ican jungle; the paddlefish group, the waters of a 

 Mississippi lake 



Do Butterfiies Migrate? Fr.wk E. Lutz 10(i 



Concerning a new Museum group tliat gives a vivid idea of nunihrrs hi the 

 monarch butterfly's migration 



The "Shovel-pit" at Ely, Nevada L. P. (iRATAC.\P 109 



A Python from the Philippines ]\L\ry Cyxthia Dickerso.x 112 



Osprey Nests ox Gardiner's Island \\'illia.m T. Davis Ho 



Museum Notes 1 1 (> 



Mary Cynthi.a. Dickerson, Editor 

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Entered as second-class matter January 12, 1907, at the Post-Ofllce at Boston, Mass. 

 Act of Congress, July 16, 1894 



