AMERICAN NATURALIST 
EDITED BY 
ROBERT P BIGELOW, PAD, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. 
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN nce a AND THE FOLLOWING 
AssoctaTE Epi 
J. A. ALLEN, PH.D., American Museum = Natural History, New York. 
E. A. ANDREWS, PH. a , Johns rents University, Baltimore. 
G. Sere PH. a University of Ch 
WIL MS. AYLEY, Pa ah, Col nA University, —— 
CHARLES E. BEECHER, Pu. D., Yale University, New Hav 
DOUGLAS H. CAMPBELL, PH.D., Leland Stanford Junior Uuni ie, Cal. 
J. H. COMSTOCK, S.B., Cornell Universi sity, [thac 
SA M. DAVIS, M.E., Harvard University, ‘Cambr 
D. S. JORDAN, LL.D., Leland Sta tanford Junior University, sae spc 
CHARLES A. KOFOID, Pu.D., autaa af ai ois, Urbana 
E- PALACHE, PH.D. Harvard Uni ersity, Cambridge. 
DP PENHALLOW, SBER S S. McGill Cniversity, Montreal. 
H. M. RICHARDS, S.D., Columbia Universi ity, Ne 
W. E RITTER, PHD; ei of Cali oe Berkeley. 
FRANK RUSSELL AR, S.M., Harvard University, Cambridge. 
ISRAEL < RUSSELL, E E., LL. Da Draers 1 F Mic chigan, Ann Arbor. 
ERWIN F. SMITH, S.D., ws Department of Rae Washington. 
LEONHARD STEINEGER, PH.D., Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 
W. TRELEASE, S.D., Missouri Ses Garden, St. Louis. 
S. WATASE, PH.D., University of Chica, 
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