The American Museum Journal 



CONTENTS FOR IVIAY, 1912 



Frontispiece, Portrait of Geor^^e Borup, Explorer lo4 



George Borup — In Memorium l.')o 



Expression of the Museum's loss — henry f.mkfield osboun 



A brief biographical sketch — eumund otis hovev 



An api)reciation from Yale University — hehbeut e. Gregory 



The Croeker Land Expedition Robkkt E. Peaky 1o9 



The importance of the expedition, the possibilities of alluring or startling results 

 and tlie fitness of the chosen leaders 



Geographical Exploration and the Museum Ki-t 



Quotations from the adflress of Henry Fairfi^'ld Osborn, presi.lent of the Ameri- 

 can Museum, at the i)olar celebration, April .5 



Arctic and Antarctic Exploration Compared IHG 



Quotations from the address by Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary delivered at the 

 polar celebration of April '> 



The Exhibition of Fishes Bashfokd Deax 171 



A Discovery in the Fossil Fields of ^Mexico Barnum Brown 177 



Karly Man in America Ernest Volk ISl 



A story of tlie remarkable discovery in New .Jersey of human remains in the 

 glacial deposits where have ))een foimd the bones of musk ox and other Arctic 

 animals 



The New F'uur-toed Horse Skeleton W. I). Matthew ISO 



A specimen representing the earliest known stage of the ancestry of the horse, 

 presented to the Museum by Mr. Frank K. Sturgis 



The Seventeen-year Locust Group Joiix A. Gho.ssbeck 1S7 



Museuin Notes 1S9 



Mary Cynthia Dickerson, Editor 

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