Publications 105 



"How to Collect and Preserve Insects." By Frank E. Lutz. Guide 

 Leaflet No. 39, Third Edition, 22 pages, with 12 text figures. 



"S}dlabus Guide to Public Health Exhibits in the American Museum of 

 Natural History; dealing with Water Supply, Disposal of Munici- 

 pal Wastes and Insect-borne Diseases. An Outline for Teachers 

 and Students." By Laurence V. Coleman. Guide Leaflet No. 45, 

 14 pages, and diagram plan of Hall of Public Health. 



"Peruvian Art, a Help for Students of Design." By Charles W. Mead. 

 Guide Leaflet No. 46, 16 pages, 5 plates and frontispiece. 



"Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America." By Herbert J. 

 Spinden. Handbook Series No. 3, 238 pages, numerous illustra- 

 tions. 



"Handbook of Health in War and Peace, a Manual of Personal Pre- 

 paredness." By C-E. A. Winslow, with Foreword by Henry Fair- 

 field Osborn. Handbook Series No. 6, 51 pages. 



GENERAL SUMMARY 



In reviewing the work of the year 19 17, we observe that it 

 has been very strong along the lines of public education, in the 

 arrangement of the exhibition halls, in the care and cataloguing 

 of our great collections, in scientific research and publication. 

 Our biological survey of South America has made a very auspi- 

 cious beginning and will now continue systematically through 

 the labors of Chapman, Cherrie and Beck in birds and mam- 

 mals, supplemented by those of Eastman in fishes. We are 

 establishing new and influential scientific relations with our 

 sister republics on the south, which will be the prelude to 

 friendly economic and political relations, and thus of service 

 to the cause of Pan-Americanism. 



Our African collections have been made available, and a 

 notable plan of research and publication has been developed in 

 which Allen, Lang, Chapin, Bequaert, Wheeler and other dis- 

 tinguished zoologists are taking* part. Similarly, arrangements 

 are on the way to coordinate and publish the valuable results of 

 our Asiatic expeditions. In the meantime North American 

 studies are progressing systematically, especially on birds, 

 mammals, reptiles and fishes, recent and extinct, and on insect 

 life through the labors of Lutz. 



