POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 



OP^ THE 



AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



HANDBOOKS 



Those deal with subjects ilhistrated l)v the eollections rathd- tlian with 

 the objects themselves. 



Xo. 1.— NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN8 OF THE PLAINS. Hy Clark 

 W'issLKK. Ph.D.. Curator of Anthroj)ology. October. 1912, 14.5 pages, 

 maps and illustrations. Paper, 25 cents; cloth, oO C(tits. 



This fiives an account of the Material Culture. Social Organization, 

 Reliijion, Ceremonies, Arts and Languages of the Plains Indians of 

 North America. 



No. 2.— INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. By Pliny Eakle Goddakd, Ph.D.. 

 Curator of Ethnology. March. 1913, 190 pages, maps and many illus- 

 trations. Paper, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents. 



A resume of our present knowledge of these interesting Indians. 

 Anumg the subjects treated are the Sj)anish Concjuest. Cliff Dwellings, 

 Native Weaving, the Potter's Art and the Hopi Snake-dance. 



No. 4.— ANIMALS OF THE PAST. A popular account of some of the Creatiu-es 

 of the Ancient World. By Frederic A. Lucas, Sc.D., Director of 

 the Museum. 250 pages with 41 illustrations by Charles R. Knight 

 and Joseph Gleeson. Paper, 35 cents. 



This, now revised as one of the series of Museum Handbooks, 

 tells of mammoth and mastodon, of the giants among birds, the sea 

 lizards and the hugh dinosaurs. 



No. 5. — DINOSAL'RS, with special reference to the American Museum Collections. 

 By W. D. Matthew, Ph.D., Curator of Vertebrate Pahrontology. 

 December, 1915, ir)2 pages, 48 illustrations. Paper, 25 cents. 



ILLUSTRATED GUIDE LEAFLETS 



These describe some exhibit, or series of exhibits, of special interest 

 or importance, or may deal with the contents of an entire hall; some 

 of the earlier leaflets are out of print. 



THE COLLECTION OF MINERALS. By Louis P. Gratacap, A.M., 

 Curator of Mineralogy. Fi^bruarv. 1902. Price. 5 cents. 



The minerals have been moved since this leaflet was issued, but 

 it contains much information about the collection and a number 

 of figures of interesting specimens. 



NORTH AMERICAN RUMINANTS. By J. A. Alle.n. Ph.D.. Curator 

 of Mammalogy and Ornithology. Raised edition, February. 1904. 

 Price, 10 cents. 



Describes the rai)idly disappearing large game of North America, 

 such as the Bison. Elk and ^Iountain Sheep. 



