THE 
AMERICAN NATURALIST 
ROBERT P, BIGELOW; FH.D., 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. 
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN EDITORIAL Tinea AND THE FOLLOWING 
ASSOCIATE EDITORS : 
J. A. ALLEN, PH.D., American Museum Natural History, Aas York. 
E. A. ANDREWS, PH.D., Jorns Tera University, Baltim 
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CHARLES E. BEECHER, PH.D., Vale he 
DOUGLAS H. CAMPBELL, Pu.D., rye d Stanford perei Universite, Cal. 
. H. COMSTOCK, S.B., Cornell University, {tha 
WILLIAM M. DAVIS, M.E., Harvard EI Cambr ridge. 
D. S. JORDAN, LL.D., Zeland Stanford Junior University, California. 
CHARLES A. KOFOID, PH.D., University Lilinois, Urbana, fl. 
C. PALACHE, PH.D., Harz ee University, C mbridge. 
D. P. PENHALLOW, S.B., Ae = M. ries Me Gill Tnivervit, Montreal. 
H- M: RICHARDS, S.D., University, Ni 
W: E. RITTER, PED, University of se oars Berkeley. 
FRANK RUSSELL, A.B , S.M., Harvard University, Cam 
bridge. 
=i rie. Cc. SER ee Ç 5 LI. D; Univer mile of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 
WIN F. SMIT Department of Agric seas Washington. 
TEONBAED STEJNEGER, ne Smithsonian Insti n, Washington. 
W. TRELEASE, S ee! eer ke Loud 
S. WATASE, PD ES of Chic 
Tue American NATURALIST is an illustrated monthly magazine 
of Natural History, and will aim to present to its readers the leading 
facts and discoveries in Anthropology, General Biology, Zodlogy, 
Botany, Paleontology, Geology and Physical Geography, and Mine- 
ralogy and Petrography. The contents each month will consist of 
leading original articles containing accoun Gand discussions of new 
discoveries, reports of scientific E paoi biographical notices of 
inguished naturalists, or critical summaries of progress in some 
line; and in addition to these there will be briefer articles on various 
points of interest, editorial comments on scientific questions of the 
day, critical reviews of recent os and a final opu for 
scientific news and personal notice 
All naturalists who have ahiything interesting to say are invited 
to send in their contributions, but the editors will endeavor to select 
for publication ssi that which i is of truly seladittiic value and at the 
same time written so as to be intelligible, instructive, and interesting 
to the general scientific reader. 
All manuscripts should be sent to the na at the Massa- — 
chusetts Tnstitute of Technology, Boston, 
ll books for review, exchanges, fe, “should be sent to | 
W. McM. ere: Cambr idge, Mas: 
All bus communications ical be sent direct to the 
publishers. 
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ee eee $4.60. 
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