CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER 



Cover, Chinese Pagoda, near Tali-fn, Yunnan 



Photographed by Yvette Borup Andrews on the American Mtiseum's Asiatic Zoological Ex- 

 pedition 



Frontispiece, A Typical Goral Cliff in the Province of Yunnan, Cliina. . . . 508 

 Little-Known ]\rammals from China Eoy Chapmax Andrews 509 



A hunting trip through mountainous regions of Yunnan hitherto unvisited by a white man, 

 on which specimens of the rare "goat antelopes" were obtained 

 Copyrighted illustrations from photographs by Yvette Borup Andrews 



Picturesque Yunnan Yvette Borup Andrews 5"25 



Reproductions in duotone, from photographs taken on the American Museum's Asiatic Expe- 

 dition, of types of natives, of mountain scenery and agricultural lands, pagodas and tombs, 

 in unfrequented parts of the Chinese Republic 



Permanent Agriculture and Democracy L. H. Bailey 537 



Suggested by the situation in China, where eighty-five per cent of the people are engaged in 

 farming, yet large numbers are constantly on the verge of famine and there is no real 

 democracy 



Terrestrial Life in Polar Environments A. W. Greely 54T 



Where conditions are so adverse that maintenance of life in any form is almost impossible 



Why Xot Raise Your Own Furs? Xkd Dearborn 551 



A growing industry whereby fur-bearing animals are being saved from extermination and at 

 the same time are becoming a source of profit to the farmer 

 Illustrations from photographs by the Author 



How Mah'-tah, the Turkey Buzzard, Lost His Speech. . .C. Hart Merriam 557 



A myth of the Ham'fo Indians of Clear Lake, California 

 Illustrated with reproduction from a painting by C. J. Hittell 



Bats of the Belgian Congo Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin 558 



Concerning the only mammals having the power of flight — a food delicacy of the Congolese 



natives 



With illustrations from color drawings and photographs by the Autliors 



Xoted in Hopiland Porert H. Lowie 569 



Some customs and ceremonies of the Hopi Indians of Arizona 

 Illustrations from photographs by the Author 



Prehistoric Bronze in South America Charles W. Mead 574 



Discussion as to the origin of l)ronze used in ancient Peruvian ornaments and implements 



A Note on Texas Land Snails Ed. D. Crabb 577 



Observations made on a march with the First Oklalionia Infantry 



Museum Xotes 579 



Mary Cynthia Dickerson, Editor 



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