126 AMKRICAX MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 



PRIMITIVE ART. July, 1904. rrice, 15 cents. 



THE BATRACHIAXS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY. 

 By Raymond L. Ditmars, Curator of Reptiles, New York Zoological 

 Park. October, 1905. Price, 15 cents. 



THE BIRDS OF Till-: \'ICIXn Y OF NEW YORK CITY. By Fkank 



M. Chai'Man. Curator of Ornithology. April-July, 19()(i. Price, 15 

 cents. 



PERUVIAN Ml'MMIKS. By Ciiaklk.s W. Me.\d, A.s.si.staiit Curator, 

 Department of Anthropology. March, 1907. Price, 10 cents. 



THE METEORITES IN THE FOYER OF THE AMERICAN 

 MlSKl'M OF NATURAL HISTORY. By Edmund Otis Hovey, 

 Ph.D., Curator, Department of Geology and Invertebrate Palaeon- 

 tology. December, 1907. Price, 10 cents. 



The collection, which represents about 500 falls, numbering 

 some 2,000 specimens, includes the great "Ahnighito" meteorite, 

 weighing 'M')^ tons, brought from Greenland by Pear}', the strange 

 "Willamette" meteorite and the "Canyon Diablo" which contains 

 minute diamonds. 



THE HABITAT GROUPS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. By 

 Frank M. Chapman, Curator of Ornithology. February, 1909. Price, 

 15 cents. 



These celebrated groups are designed to illustrate not only the 

 habits but also the haunts, or habitats, of the species shown. The 

 backgrounds are careful studies from nature and each repre.sents 

 some definite locality'. Twentv-two of these groups are shown in 

 this leaflet. 



THE INDIANS OF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND VICINITY. By 

 Alaxson Skinner. Assistant Curator, Department of Anthropology. 

 New Edition in Preparation. 



BRIEF HISTORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. March, 1910. 

 Pried, 10 cents. 



A summary of the Exploration of Antarctic Regions, from the 

 voyage of Captain Cook in 1768-1777 down to Shackleton's expedi- 

 tion in 1908. 



TREES AND FORESTRY. By Mary Cynthia Dickerson, B.S., 

 Curator of Woods and Forestry. September, 1910. Out of print. 

 A 7iew edition in course of preparation. 



This leaflet, based on the Jesup Collection of North American 

 ^^'oods, describes tree structure and growth, includes a key for the 

 identification of trees in winter and considers forest industries and 

 their management for profit. 



No. 33.— THE PROTECTION OF RIVER AND HARBOR WATERS FROM 

 Ml^NICIPAL WASTES. By Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, 

 M.S., Curator, Department of Public Health. April, 1911, 25 pages, 

 13 illustrations. Price, 10 cents. 



A discussion of the nature of city sewage, the reasons for its purifi- 

 cation, and the various devices for rendering it harmless. 



No. 34.— PLANT FORMS IN W.\X. By E. C. B. Fassett. November, 1911. 

 Price, 10 cents. 



TelLs how reproductions of foliage and flowers, such as are u.sed 

 in the bird groups, are made. 



No. 30.— THE EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE. By W. D. Matthew, Ph.D., 

 Curator. Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology. In press. 63 

 pages, 39 illustrations. Price, 20 cents. 



The past geologic history of the Horse affords the most complete 

 and convincing illustration of evolution among mammals. This leaf- 

 let, ba.scd upon material in this Mu.^^eum, describes the successive 

 stages in its evolution from the four-toed "Eohippu^ no bigger than 

 a fox" to the singlo-tood horse of to-day. 



