The American Museum Journal 



CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1912 



Frontispiece, Bust of l{ear Admiral Rol)ert E. Peary 122 



Preservation of the World's Animal Life. . Henry Fairfield Osborx 123 



The Status of P^orestry in the United States 



Overton Westfeldt Price 125 



[Witli pliutof^raphs illustrating tlic moving of tlie big tree section in tlie Museum] 



A Name for History: Peary 128 



A bust of Admiral Peary, executed by William Couper, the American sculptor, 

 has been presented to the Museum by Mrs. Morris K. Jesup 



The Fur Seal Frederic A. LrcAS 131 



A statement of some biological facts on which can be bascnl an opinion as to tlie 

 effects of various methods of sealing 



Chinese Collections in Historical Light Berthold Laufer 135 



Convergent Evolution in Ethnology Robert H. Lowie 139 



The Songs of Tahiti Henry E. Cramptox 141 



Where the Beaver is Protected Barnum Brown 145 



The Porcupine in Ahiine 148 



Museum Notes 149 



Mahy Cynthia Dickerson, Editor 

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