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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. 
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DOUGLAS H. CAMPBELL, Pu. D., Stanford University. 
J. H. COMSTOCK, S.B., Cornell University, Ithaca. 
WILLIAM M. DAVIS, M. E., Harvard eie Camóridge. 
ALES HRDLICKA, M.D., Mew Yor£ Ci 
D. S. JORDAN, LL.D., Stanford Univer. 
CHARLES A. KOFOID, Pu.D., Usieeraty. of Zllinois, Urbana. 
ISRAEL C. RUSSELL, LL.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 
ERWIN F. SMITH, S.D., U..S. Department of Agriculture, Washington. 
LEONHARD STEJNEGER, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 
W. TRELEASE, S.D., Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. 
HENRY B. WARD, Pu. D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln. 
WILLIAM M. WHEELER, Pu.D., University of Texas, Austin. 
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