CONTENTS FOR MARCH 



CoNcr, l-'i('l(l Lilies on the lasiii (iishu rialcaii 



I'l -nipli InkcTi ill Itiilisli Ivisl MricM liy Mr. (Mrl i:. \kclcy 



Froiitispii'cc, Tlu' African Lion " llannil)ar' 1-ii 



M<mI<-1<-(I ;iii(I iiK.iiiilc.l for Ih.- \iiicrii;iii Mmsimiiii l>y Mr. .laiu.'s L. (lark 



East Africa — (iainc (iardcn of the World C. Hakt Mkkhiam 145 



Hcvii'w <)(' lUKisfvi-ll ami Hi-llcr's Life llishinix of African Came Aniitils 



llIuslraliDiis from pholofiraplis. (lrawiiif,'s ami maps in the Roosevelt anj Heller volumes, an! from 



cartoons of Hnoscvi-ll in McCiilclieon's In Africa 



Pioneer Photography in Africa James L. Clark 154 



Story of till- work of Mr. A. Hadclylfe Diit-'iiioro in sec^urinK lor America the first line series of African wild 



Kame pictures 



niustrations from pliolo^'raphs hy Messrs. \. nadclylfe Dugmore and James L. Clark 



African Pliotoi;rai)hs hy Mr. ( 'arl E. Akeley 167 



Typical scenes of fores I, moiinlain. jiiiit.'le. ()laiii, and river, with some of their plant and animal inhahitants 



Progress — A Drama of Evolution T. 1). A. Cockerell 183 



.\n attempt, in dramatic form, to show that, since progress in the past has not followed the most generally 

 accepted paths, it may be expected to deviate from them in the future also 

 Illustrations from ori^'inal drawings by Mr. Albert Operti 



The Treatment of Snake Bite Clarence R. Halter 192 



Kffecls of different snake poisons, and the preparation and use of antivenomous serums 



Language as an Index to Ancient Kinship.s Plixy E. Goddard 197 



Showing how slaliilily of language may provide a (connecting link between otherwise entirely differen- 

 tiated peoples 



Are our Birds Decreasing or Increasing Henry Oldys 199 



Discussion of metlio<ls and results in obtaining statistics of bird life 



The Palisades Interstate Park 201 



From an addr.'iss by the Honorable George W. Perkins before the membars of the American Scenic 

 and Historic Preservation Society and the American Museum of Natural History 



Account of the origin, development and future possibilities of the great park on the west bank of the 

 Hudson River 



^luseum Notes 208 



Mahy Gy.nthia Dickerson, Editor 



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