The American Museum Journal 



CONTKNTS FOR FHBRUARY 



CoviT. A Cliaracti'ristif Coral Ht-rt' Scciu' 



Copvrightt'd photogruph by \V. H. Longli'.v. taken in almut ton feet of wiiter at tin- Tortugiis 

 Marine liiologieal Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, Wasliington 



Fruni i>|iir(i'. rntlci'>ca Aiiidiii: ( iiaiit ( 'nral 78 



The l)unn diving helmet used by Professor \V. II, Longley in submarine exiiloration work 

 about the eoral reefs at Tortugas, Florida 



Haunts and Hal)its of 'I'ro|)ical Fislu-s W. II. Lonulky 70 



Reef fishes studied at close range in beautiful sea gardens lying less than twenty feet beneath 

 the waters around the TorliigiiN Islands 

 Illustrations from photographs by the Author 



On the Anicrifan Fuel Faniini' ("iiaulks P. Bi:uki:y 89 



Kstimates which show that the present coal shortage is a superficial thing and that the United 

 States is well supplied with reserve fuel 



Tlie ('<>nl Situation in the Ignited States Ciiai;m:s IJ. A^.vv TIisi-: 95 



Early history of the w-ork of the Federal Fuel Administration 



Photo,irra|thv and Ornitholoiry Aktuuk A. Allen' 101 



A series of photographs by the Author, showing the normal bird in its most characteristic pose 



Xarrativc of a Hir(l (finest in llu' A'icinity of Cape I lorn . . . . liOLi.o H. BEf'K 111 



Conclusion of an article begun in the January Joi'rxal concerning the experiences of a bird 



collector in the Far South 



Illustrations from photographs by the Author 



Tlie ^fonnted Skeleton of Moropus in the 



American Museum W. D. Matthew 121 



Defying the Law of Correlation, this animal of ancient times had the head and neck of a 

 horse or rhinoceros and great claws like a bear 

 With restoration sketch by Erwin Christman 



Demotraey and Seienec David Stark Jordan" 1"3o 



Ferns of Tropical Florida Joiix Kuxkel Small 127 



Where pinelands and hammo<'ks produce ferneries of indescribable beauty 

 Illustrations from photographs by the Author 



On the V>e of the Divinij- Helmet in Submarine 



Biolosfical Work E. W. Gudger 135 



Studying marine organisms in their natural habitat by means of a sinii)le apparatus worn on 



the head 



Illustrations from photographs by the Submarine Photo Co.. Miami 



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



The Bitinir Powers of Ants \V. L. McAtee 141 



Multitudinous uses of the jaws of ants and their enormous strength in comiiarison with the 

 size of the insect 



A Xew Type of Mural Paintin^r 149 



Discussion of the work of Will S. Taylor at the American Museum of Natural History 



^Museum Xotes l.")l 



Maby Cynthia Dickebson, Editor 



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Entered as second-class matter P\>bruary 2?,, li)17, at the I'ost Office at New York, New 

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