CONTENTS FOR MAY 



Cover. Childivn standing Ix't'orc the Flamingo Grouj) in the American Museum 

 Frontispiece, The Most Beautiful of the Rock-hewn Monuments of Petra 272 



Froin plioto^rnph rnaili" in the apo-old city of I'elra, by Lee Garnpft Day 



The Ruins of Ancient Petra. . . .Lee Garnett Day and Joseph Wood, Jr. 273 



DcscripUon and history of the forgotten capital of the Edomites, in the Arabian Desert, and the 

 -Strange stupendons relics of its opulence twenty centuries ago 

 Illustrations from photographs by Lee (iarnelt Day 



Repnxhictions in Color of Arabian Photographs 287 



Showing rock toiubs. temples, and amphitheatre in the long-deserted city of Petra, near Mount Hor 



in Arabia 



From i>hotogra|>lks by Lee Garnett Day 



Three Polar Expeditions, 1913-191G Herbert L. Bridgman 291 



History to date of the plans, doings, dangers, and fortunes of the Crocker Land; Stefansson Arctic, 

 and Shackleton Antarctic Exjieditions 



A Garden of Germs C.-E. A. Winslow 295 



Account of the American Museum's collection of living bacteria and its service to science 



Decorative Value of American Indian Art Esther A. Coster 301 



Introduction by Mr. Walter Scott Perry, Director of the School of Fine and Applied Arts, Pratt 



Institute 



Suggestions for adaptation of Indian art motives in various modern crafts 



Moccasin Exhibit in the American Museum Clark Wissler 308 



Showing principal moccasin patterns used by the Indians, and the relation between these and the 



decorative design 



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



Sea Cows, Past and Present Frederic A. Lucas 315 



History of the manatee, dugong, and rytina as recorded in science and fable 



Men of the Old Stone Age G. Elliot Smith 319 



Review of "Stone Age" controversies in Europe, and of Henry Fairfield Osborn's recent book on this 

 subject 



Vagrant Cats in the Cnited States 326 



Summary of bulletin recently issued by the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture 



Bird Protective Laws and their Enforcement T. Gilbert Pearson 329 



Account of the enactment and effect of federal laws for bird conservation in the United States 



Museum Notes 333 



Mary Cynthia Dickerson, Editor 



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