CONTENTS FOR APRIL 



A Ty])ical ('()r;il Wvv^ of the Huhaiiuis 216 



RepriKliiction Iroin pliotn^Tapli of coral ri-i-f f;roiip in I lie Brooklyn Musciiiii 



Color Plate, The Flamingo iiikI its Young opposite 217 



Pholofiraphic study, made in llie Bahamas, for [ho tlamin;;o ;.'roiip in Ihi' Vmi'rican Museum of 



Natural Hislory 



This color plalc is the t'ronlispicce in a now edition of the Museums Kuide leallel on the hird hahitat 



>:roups 



My Fight with the Devilfish Russell J. Coles 217 



Story of methods used and dangers encountered in securins for the American Museum of Natural 

 History a specimen of the frreal lisli. MiitiUi hiroxiris 

 Illustrations from photographs hy the Author 



Heredity and Se.\ Frank E. Littz 228 



An exposition of the Mendelian theory of inheritance and some of its recent developments 

 Illustrations from pholotrraphs of exhibits in the American Museum of Natural History 



Color Plate. Assyrian and BHt)ylonian Seals opposite 243 



Specimens from the Morjjan- Tiffany <'()lle<'tion in the American Museum. Color plate i.ssued in a 

 recent book. I'lii- Mdf/ir of Ji'ici'lx (irnl ('hdrnis, by George Frederick Kunz 



"The Magic of Jewels and ("harms" Herbert J. Spinden 243 



Review of a recent book by George Frederick Kunz, honorary curator of gems in the American Mu- 

 seum, on legend and lore of precious and other stones 



The White Rat and Sleeping Sickness 11. W. Tower and C. F. Herm 249 



Observations, made in the physiological laboratory of the American Museum, on the blooil parasite of 

 sleeping sickness 



A Reptilian Aeronaut W. D. Matthew 251 



On the structure and probable habits of an ancient flying reptile 



The Traffic in Feathers T. Gilbert Pearsox 253 



Account of methods of the feather trade in meeting the demands of fashion and their effects on the 

 bird life of the country 



Stories of South American Birds George K. Cherrie 259 



Personal experiences wi'" reference to the nesting habits of flycatcliers. spinetails, jacamars, orioles. 



and puff birds 



Illustrations from i)hotograi,hs by the Aulliur 



Museiun Xote.s 265 



Mary Cynthia Dickebson, Eriitor 



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