
The American Naturalist. 
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: 
J. A. ALLEN, Pu.D., American Museum of Natural er er York. 
E. A. ANDREWS, PH.D, Johns Hopkins University, B. 
_ WILLIAM S. BAYLEY, PH.D., Colby University, rg 
ambridge. 
ALES HRDLICKA, M.D., U.S. National Museum, Washington. 
D. S. JORDAN, LL.D, RER ee ersity. 
CHARLES A. KOFOID, PH.D., University s os deis Berkeley. 
J. G. NEEDHAM, PH.D., Zake Forest Univer. 
— ARNOLD E. ORTMANN, PH.D., Carnegie A = Pittsburg. 
D. P. PENHALLOW, D.Sc„F.R.M.S., McGill University, Montreal. 
H. M. RICHARDS, S.D., Columbia University, New York. 
^W. E. RITTER, Pu.D., University of California, Berkeley. 
ISRAEL C. RU SSELL, LL.D., University of Michigan, Anm Arbor. 
. ERWIN F. SMITH, S.D., U. S. Dee of Agriculture, Washingtons 
LEONHARD STEJNEGER, ELB, ee Institution, Washington. 
Euer. W. TRELEASE, S.D., Missouri Bota. St. Louis. 
— -—.. HENRY B. WARD, PED, er of Nebraska, Lincoln. 
^ .— . WILLIAM M. WHEELER, PH.D., American Museum of Natural History, 
ae New York. 
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of Natural History, and will aim to present to its readers the ding 
= facts and discoveries in Anthro pology, General Biology, Zoology, 
Sr , Geology and Physical Geography, and Miner- 
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E i critical reviews of recent re and a quarterly record of 
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