The American Naturalist. 



BIOi.OGY 

 LIBRARY 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS: 



J. A. ALLEN, PH.D., American Museum of Natural History, New York. 



E. A. ANDREWS, PH.D.,/^J Hopkins University, Baltimore. 



WILLIAM S. BAYLEY, FH.D., Colby University, mutrvili* 



DOUGLAS H. CAMPBELL, PH.D., Stanford University. 



J. H. COMSTOCK, S.B., Cornell University, Ithaca. 



WILLIAM M. DAVIS, M.E,, Harvard University, Cambridge. 



ALES HRDLICKA, M.D., U.S. National Museum, Washington. 



D. S. JORDAN, LL.D., Stanford University. 



CHARLES A. KOFOID, PH.D., University of California, Btrkelty. 



J, G. NEEDHAM, PH.D., Lake Forest University. 



ARNOLD E. ORTMANN, PH.D., Carnegie 



D. P. PENHALLOW.D.SC..F.R.M.S., MC&I 



H. M. RICHARDS, S.D., Columbia Universe 

 W. E. RITTER, PH.D., University of Califm 

 ISRAEL C. RUSSELL, LL.D., University o 

 ERWIN F. SMITH, S.D., U. S. Department 

 LEONHARD STEJNEGER, LL.D., Smith. 

 W. TRELEASE, S.D., Missouri Botanical G. 

 HENRY B. WARD, PH.D., University of A 

 WILLIAM M. WHEELER, PH.D., Amer 

 New York. 



THE AMERICAN NATURALIST is an 

 of Natural History, and will aim to pres 

 facts and discoveries in Anthropology 

 Botany, Paleontology, Geology and Phj 

 alogy and Petrography. The contents 

 leading original articles containing acc< 

 discoveries, reports of scientific expedi 

 distinguished naturalists, or critical su 

 line ; and in addition to these there will 

 points of interest, editorial comments < 

 day, critical reviews of recent literatui 

 gifts, appointments, retirements, and de 



All naturalists who have anything 

 to send in their contributions, but the < 

 for publication only that which is of tn 

 same time written so as to be intellignx 

 to the general scientific reader. 



All manuscripts, books for revie\ 

 sent to THE AMERICAN NATURALIST, ( 



All business communications sh 

 publishers. 



Annual subscription, $4.00, net, in adve 



Foreign subscriptio 



EIBRARY 



IYCRSISTDF 



MBRHKY FttOD 



GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 



