POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 



OF THE 

 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



HANDBOOKS 



These deal with subjects illustrated by the collections rather than with the objects 



themselves. 



NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE PLAINS. By CLARK WISSLER, Ph.D., 

 Curator of Anthropology. October, 1912, -145 pages, maps and illustrations. 

 Paper, 25 cents; doth 50 cents. 



This gives an account of the Material Culture, Social Organization, 

 Religion, Ceremonies, Arts and Languages of the Plains Indians of North 

 America. 



INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. By PUNY EARLE GODDARD, Ph.D., Associate- 

 Curator, Department of Anthropology. March, 1913, 190 pages, maps and 

 many illustrations. Paper, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents. 



A resume of our present knowledge of these interesting Indians. Among 

 the subjects treated are the Spanish Conquest, Cliff Dwellings, Native- 

 Weaving, the Potter's Art and the Hopi Snake-dance. 



ANIMALS OF THE PAST. A popular account of some of the Creatures of the 

 Ancient World. By FREDERIC A. LUCAS, Sc.D., Director of the Museum. 

 250 pages with 41 illustrations by Charles R. Knight and Joseph Gleeson. Paper 

 35 cents. 



This, now revised as one of the series of Museum Handbooks, tells of 

 mammoth and mastodon, of the giants among birds, the sea lizards and the 

 huge dinosaurs. 



ILLUSTRATED GUIDE LEAFLETS 



These describe some exhibit, or series of exhibits, of special interest or 

 importance, or may deal with the contents of an entire hall. 



SOME OF THE LEAFLETS 



NORTH AMERICAN RUMINANTS. By J. A. ALLEN, Ph.D., Curator of Mam- 

 malogy and Ornithology. Revised edition, February, 1904. Price, 10 cents. 



Describes the rapidly disappearing large game of North America, such 

 as the Bison, Elk and Mountain Sheep. 



THE METEORITES IN THE FOYER OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF 

 NATURAL HISTORY. By EDMUND OTIS HOVEY, Ph.D., Curator, Depart- 

 ment of Geology and Invertebrate Palaeontology. December, 1907. Price, 

 10 cents. 



