SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



PART OF VOLUME LI 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 

 AMERICAN ALLIGATOR 



(A. mississippiensis) 



WITH TWENTY-THREE PLATES 

 BY 



ALBERT M. REESE 



Professor of Zoology, West Virginia University 



No. 1791 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

 1908 



