\ 

 The American Museum of Natural History \ 



Seventy-seventh Street and Central Park West, Nevsr York City '' 



Open free to the public on every day in the year. 



The American Museum of Natural History was established in 1869 to promote the 

 Natural Sciences and to diffuse a general knowledge of them among the people. It is dependent 

 upon private subscriptions and the fees from members for procuring needed additions to the 

 collections and for carrying on explorations in America and other parts of the world. The 

 membership fees are, 



Annual Members $10 Patrons $1 ,000 



Sustaining Members (annually). . . 25 Associate Benefactors 10,000 



Life Members 100 Associate Founders 25,000 



Fellows 500 Benefactors 50,000 



Guides for Study of Exhibits are provided on request to members and teachers by the 

 department of public education. Teachers wishing to bring classes should write or telephone 

 the department for an appointment, specifying the collection to be studied. Lectures to 

 classes may also be arranged for. In all cases the best results are obtained with small groups 

 of children. 



The Museum Library contains more than 60,000 volumes with a good working collection 

 of publications issued by scientific institutions and societies in this country and abroad. 

 The library is open to the public for reference daily — Sundays and holidays excepted — 

 from 9 A. M. to 5 p. m. 



The Technical Publications of the Museum comprise the Memoirs, Bulletin and 

 Anthropological Papers, the Memoirs and Bulletin edited by J. A. Allen, the Anthropological 

 Papers by Clark Wissler. These publications cover the field and laboratory researches of 

 the institution. 



The Popular Publications of the Museum comprise the Journal, edited by Mary 

 Cynthia Dickerson, the Handbooks, Leaflets and General Guide. The following list gives 

 some of the popular publications; complete lists, of both technical and popular pubhcations, 

 may be obtained from the Librarian. 



POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 



HANDBOOKS The Indians of Manhattan Island and Vicinity. 



]«„ A I II Ti /->! 1 By Alanson Skinner. Price, 20 cents. 



INoRTH American Indians of the Plains. By Clark t- 



Wissler, Ph.D. Paper. 25 cents: cloth, 50 cents. t?o® '^'^^ Forestry. By Mary Cynthia Dickerson, 



T„„ c i> ni- I- I /-. jj J B.S. A new edition in course of preparation. 



Indians OF THE Southwest. By Pliny Karle Goddard, t, „ r, a^^ u .^/i. 



Ph.D. Paper, 25 cents: cloth, 50 cents. 1 he Protection of River and Harbor Waters from 



»_,,„.,^ ^^ _ n u u- 1 • * T c TA Municipal Wastes. By Charles-Edward Amorv 



Animals of the Pa.st. By tredenc A. Lucas. Sc.D. Winslow, M.S. Price, 10 cents. 



Paper. .3o cents. 



Dinosaurs. By W. D. Matlhew. Ph.D. Price, 25 ^^0^1^^"" '" "'• ^"^ ^- '^'^ "^ *^''''''"- ^''"'- 

 cents. 



ILLUSTEATED GUIDE LEAFLETS Ph D'^Xre"! 20 c™/.."° '''''■ ^^ W. D. Matthew. 



General Guide to the Collections. New edition Mammoths and Mastodons. By W.D.Matthew, Ph.D. 



issued December, 1914. Price, 25 cents. Price, 10 cents. 



The Collection of Minerals. By Louis P. Grata- How to Collect and Preserve Insects. By Frank 



cap, A.M. Price, 5 cents. E Lutz. Ph.D. Price, 10 cents. 



North American Ruminants. By J. A. Allen, Ph.D. Our Common Butterflies. By Frank E. Lutz, Ph.D., 



Price, 10 cents. and F. E. Watson. Price, 15 cents. 



The Ancient Basket Makers of Southeastern The Big Tree and its Story. Price, 10 cents. 



Utah. By George H. Pepper. Price, 10 cents. •d-p-dtjtm'p*! 



Primitive Art. Price, 15 cents. REPRINTS 



The Birds OF the Vicinity of New York City. By The Ground Sloth (Sroup. By W. D. Matthew, 



Frank M. Chapman, Sc.D. Price, 15 cents. Ph.D. Price, .d cents. 



Peruvian Mummies. By Charles W. Mead. Price. ^he Wharf Pile Group. By Roy W. Miner, A.B. 



10 cents. Price, o cents. 



The Meteorites in the Foyer of the American The Sea Worm Group. By Roy W. Miner, A.B. 



Museum of Natural History. By Edmund Otis P''"^'^- 10 cents. 



Hovey, Ph.D. Price, 10 cents. The Ancestry of the Edentates. By W . D. Mat- 



The Habitat Groups of North American Birds. t^'«'^- I'h-D. Price, 5 cents. 



By Frank M. Chapman, Sc.D. New edition in course Heredity and Sex. By Frank E. Lutz, Ph.D. 



of prepsralion. Price. 10 cents. 



