The American Museum Journal 



Contents for October 



Cover, Ainci-ic;i to the IIclp of the Allio 



Pliotogrni h liy C iidrrwooil aiui riia.rwixi.l, New York 



|-'i'Miilis[tic(('. Such is the I >cso|;it ion in Xdi'i lici-n l'i';i lu-c 4\'i 



Many of tlu' forests along the Western Front hit uIkiIIn (lr-tro\e<l ;m(l tlie land will have to 

 be cleaned and reforested after tlie war 



Anieriran Forest KniriiU't-rs in l-'riincc lli:xiiY S. (Jii.vvKs 413 



For the first lime in history soldiers have In'cii eiiKatced in extensive luinliering operations just 



liehind tlie firing line 



Illustrations from photOfiraphs of forests in France and scenes near tlic hattle front 



"Photosynthesis." or Suiiiir and Stareh ^Manufaetuiv loiix M. Con/rKi; 4"^<> 



Green plants niaki> food for man and l)east out of earth and air, tlnis lirid<;inu- the kuU' he- 

 tween death and life 



Racial Types in ilie l'o|iulation of ihe I'liited Stales L. \l. Siluvax 429 



Unusual opportunitx alTurded in tie' I'nited States for a stiid.v of liiolojrii'al races. — Admixture 



of types slow 



With maps prepared by the Autlior to show distrilnition of foreign nationalities and racial types 



The Fh)n(la Crocodih' V. \V. Dimock 447 



Hunting and photograidiing crocodiles and alligators in Florida swamps 

 Illustrations from photographs by the Author and his son, Julian A. Dimock 



Islands William Beebe 453 



Picturesque scener\- and life of smaller islands of the West Indies — St. Thomas, St. Kitts, 

 Martinique, St. Lucia, and Barbados 



Bird Life of South Georgia Robert Cushmax ^[rupiiY 403 



Familiar studies on a subantarctic island of terns. Cape ])igPons, giant fulmars, black 

 petrels, "mollymokes," and the "Ancient Mariner's" wandering albatross 



Tlie American Ornithologists' Union T. S. Pal:\iei{ 473 



A history of organization, accomplishment, and foundation for future work 

 With portraits of founders and members of the A. O. V. 



"The Distrihiition of Bird-Life in Colombia" : A Review. Autiifr A. Allex' 485 



American Museum expeditions under the leadership of Frank M. Chapman have investigated 

 the bird life at more than 200 stations in Colombia, collected and described 1285 species, 61 

 families, of birds, and from the distribution of these through the three ranges of the Andes 

 and the valleys between have niapped Colomljian life zones and faunas 



Illustrations from photographs b.v Frank M. Chapman, a map of life zones in color, and four 

 color plates of new species of birds 



Hidden Wealth in British Guiana William J. LaYarre. Jr. 490 



Deposits of diamonds and gold that may prove profitable 



A Xew Edible Shad E.mersox' Strixgham 503 



A Tertiary Alligator W. D. :\rATTiiEW 505 



Dr. Charles R. Eastman (1868-1918) Bashford Deax 500 



^[inerals That Arc Helping to Win the War Herbert P. Wiiitlock 507 



XOTES 508 



Mary Cyxthi.a Dicker.sox. Editor 



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