CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVIII 



.IaNI AUV 



Nan-ativi' of a Hiid (^ucst in tli.' ViciTiily of Oai)o Horn Kollo II. Heck 5 



Sft'iios from the Viciiiitv of Capo Horn Kol.l.O II. Bkck 17 



Indian Corn as a World l''ood Ci.ark Wissleb 25 



l'ul)iic Health Probh-nis in Russia CK. A. WiNsi-OW 31 



The Storv of the Ked Sunflower T. I). A. Cookkrell 39 



Nature's "Magie Wii,i,iam E. Saffobd 48 



Oanie Farming for Pleasure or I'rolit Ukuukkt K. Job 55 



Giant Mammals of the Sea F. A. Lucas 63 



Favorite Food Fishes John T. Nichols 66 



Museum Notes 69 



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Haunts and Habits of Tropical Fishes W. H. Longley 79 



On the American Fuel Famine Charles P. Bekkey 89 



The Coal Situation in the United States Ciialles li. Van IIise 95 



Photosrraphv and Oriiithologv Akthl'r A. Ai-len 101 



Narrative of a Bird Quest in the Vicinity of Cape Horn Roelo H. Beck 111 



The Mounted Skeleton of Moroptts in the American Museum W. D. Matthew 121 



Demoeracv and Science David Starr Jordan 125 



Ferns of Tropical Florida loiiN Kunkel Smat^e 127 



On the Use of the Pivins Helmet in Suliinarine Biological Work E. W. Gudger 135 



Ernest W. Smith: In Memoriam P. A. Lucas 139 



The Biting Powers of Ants W. L. McAtee 141 



A New Type of Mural Painting 149 



Museum Notes 151 



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Food Supplv of the Smith Sound Eskimos Donald B. MacMillan IGl 



Scenes from the Eastern Arctic Donald B. MacMillan 177 



"The Origin and Evolution of Life" Prank R. Lillik 193 



The Guatemala Earthquake Svia'ANUs Griswold Morley 201 



Common Sense and Animal Coloration Tjieodore Roosevelt 211 



The Red Cross and the Antivivisectionists W. W. Keen 219 



The Sea Lions of California Edwin Chapin Starks 227 



On the Planting of a Class Tree T. D. A. Cockerell 238 



Museum Notes 241 



April 



China's Ancient Monuments Roy Chapman Andrews 251 



A Point of View on China L. H. Bailey 263 



Position of Science in the Present War M. I. Pupin 269 



Nesting Habits of the African Hornbill Hkrhert Lang and James P. Chapin 271 



The Heath Hen of Martha's Vineyard Edward Howe Porbush 279 



Museum Documents and Modern Costume M. D. C. Crawford 286 



"Competition of the Centuries" (Tlie Late) L. P. Gratacap 299 



Biographical Sketch of the Late L. P. Gratacap George Frederick Kunz 302 



The Tree of Saint Louis in the Forest of Fontainebleau William A. Murrill 305 



Last Dance of the Picuris Chalmers Lowell Pancoast 309 



Skeletons of the Cuban Ground Sloth in the Havana and American Museums. . . .W. D. Matthew 313 



Notes 313 



May 



My Life as a Naturalist Theodore Roosevelt 321 



Heredity, Environment, and Civilization A. L. Kroeber 351 



Child-life Among the Smith Sound Eskimos Edmund Otis Hovey 360 



Tlie Blue Tiger Roy Chapman Andrews 372 



Quick Key to a Knowledge of Common Insects William Morton Wheeler 381 



A Naturalist's Notes on a Trip up the Orinoco George K. Cherrie 383 



A Fortninate Collector W. D. M, 389 



Second Thule Expedition Under Rasmussen 390 



Plans for tlie Second Thule Expedition to North Greenland Knud Rasmussen 393 



The Monk Seal of the Southern Pacific Alfred M. Bailey 396 



The La vsan Seal J. A. Allen 399 



Notes 401 



October 



American Forest Engineers in France Hknry' S. Graves 413 



"Pliotos\ nthesis," or Sugar and Starch Manufacture John M. Coulter 426 



Racial Types in the Population of the United States L. R. Sullivan 429 



The Florida Crocodile A. W. DiMOCK 447 



Islands William Beebe 453 



Bird Life of South Georgia Robert Cushman Murphy 463 



The American Ornithologists' I'nion T. S. Palmer 473 



"The Distribution of Bird-Life in Colombia": A Review Arthur A. ALiiEN 485 



Hidden Wealth in British Guiana Wii>liam J. LaVarre, Jr. 499 



A New p:dible Shad Emerson Stringham 503 



A Tertiarv Alligator W. D. Matthew 505 



Dr. Charles R. Eastman (1868-1918) Bashford Dean 506 



Minerals That Are Helping to Win the War Herbert P. WniTLOCK 507 



Notes 508 



NOVK.MBER 



A League of Free Nations Charles R. Van Hise 521 



Famous Ivory Treasures of a Negro King Herbert Lang 527 



Research in .Science ' Winterton C. Curtis 553 



How Shall I Learn to Teach the Blinded Soldiers Walter G. Holmes 565 



Note on the American I^Iuseum's Work with tlie Blind 572 



Dani-h Antic Station at Godhavn W. Elmer Ekblaw 581 



Steffinsson Returned After F^oiir Years of Arctic Exiiloration Cr-ARK Wissler 600 



Further Discoveries at the Aztec Ruin Earl H. Morris 603 



Samuel Wendell Williston (1852-1918) Barnum Brown 611 



The Demand for Cheap Food L. H. Bailey 612 



The Platinum Situation in the United States GEOR(iE F. Kunz 617 



^'otes 618 



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