The American Naturalist. 
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: 
J. A. ALLEN, PH.D., American Museum of Natural History, New York. 
E. A. ANDREWS, PH.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. 
WILLIAM S. BAYLEY, Pu.D., Colby University, Waterville. 
CHARLES E. BEECHER, Pu.D., Yale University, New Haven. 
DOUGLAS H. CAMPBELL, PH.D., Stanford —— 
J. H. COMSTOCK, S.B., Cornell University, {t 
WILLIAM M. DAVIS, 'M. E., Harvard ast: Cambridge. 
ALES HRDLICKA, M.D., Vew xd k thee 
D. S. JORDAN, LL.D., Stanford U; 
CHARLES A. KOFOID, Pu.D., Unser y Mlinois, Urbana. 
J. G. NEEDHAM, PH.D, Pai kee t Univer. 
ARNOLD E. ORTMANN, Pu.D., Fain Cases sity. 
D. P. PENHALLOW, S.B., F.R.M.S., McGill University, Montreal. 
H. M. RICHARDS, S.D., Columbia University, New York. 
W. E. RITTER, Pn.D., University of Cali fornia, Berkeley. 
LEONHARD STEJNEGER, Smithsonian Institution, Washin, ington. 
_W. TRELEASE, S.D., Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. 
RS HENRY B. WARD, PH .D., University of Nebraska, Zola. 
> RAR M. WHEELER, Pu.D., University of Texas, Austin. 
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