Publications Relating to the Exhibits or to the 



Work of the Museum 



These are plainly written accounts of the exhibits or of the subjects illustrated by 

 the exhibits and are intended to give much more information than could be put on 

 labels. These publications arc issued at or below nost, hence the prices are net; 

 postage i- extra, and there are no discounts either to dealers or when the leaflets are 

 purchased in quantities. The\ may be purchased of the Attendants or from the 

 Librarian. A partial list is given below. 



HANDBOOKS 



These deal with subjects illustrated by the collections, rather than with the 

 objects themselves. 



No. 1. NORTHAMERK AX INDIANS OF THE PLAINS. By Clark Wisslbe, 



Ph.D., Curator of Anthropology. 145 pages, maps and illustrations. 

 Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. 



No. 3. THE ANCIENT PEOPLES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. 

 By Herbert J. Spinden, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Department of 

 Anthropology. 238 pages, 75 illustrations. Cloth, 75 cent-. 



No. 4. ANIMALS OF THE PAST. By Frederic A. Lucas, Sc.D., Director of 

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

 Joseph Gleeson. Paper, 50 cents. 



No. 5. DINOSAURS. By W. D. Matthew, Ph.D., Curator of Vertebrate Pake- 

 ontology. 102 pages, 49 illustrations. Paper, 25 cents. 



No 7. FISHES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY. Py J. T. Nichols, 

 A.B., Assistant Curator of Recent Fishes. 122 pages, 60 illustrations 

 and frontispiece in color, octavo. Cloth, 75 cents. 



ILLUSTRATED GUIDE LEAFLETS 



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

 ance, or may deal with the contents of an entire hall. 



No. 5. NORTH AMERICAN RUMINANTS. By J. A. Allen, Ph.D., Curator of 

 Mammalogy and Ornithology. Revised edition, 29 pages, 19 illustra- 

 tions. Price, 10 cents. 



No. 28 THE HABITAT GROUPS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. By 

 Frank M. Chapman, Sc.D., Curator of Ornithology. Second edition, 64 

 pages, 36 illustrations. Price, 25 cents. 



No. 34. PLANT FORMS IN WAX. By E. C. B. Fassett. 26 pages, 25 illus- 

 trations. Price, 10 cents. 



No. 36. THE EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE IN NATURE AND UNDER 

 DOMESTICATION. By W. D. Matthew, Ph.D., Curator Depart- 

 ment of Vertebrate Palaeontology, and S. H. Chubb. 64 pages, 39 illus- 



No. 39. HOW TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE INSECTS. ByF.E.Lutz,P1i.D., 

 Associate Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology. Third edition, 

 21 pages, 12 cuts. Price, 10 cents. 



No. 41. THE INDIANS OF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND VICINITY. By 

 Alanson Skinner, formerly Assistant Curator, Department of Anthro- 

 pology. New edition, 54 pages, 27 illustrations. Price, 20 cents. 



No. 42. THE BIG TREE AND ITS STORY. By George H. Sherwood, A.M., 

 Curator, Department of Public Education. New edition, 23 pages, 9 

 illustrations. Price, 10 cents. 



No. 43. MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS. By W. D. Matthew. Ph.D., Curator 

 Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 25 pages, 12 illustrations. 

 Price, 10 cents. 



No. 46. PERUVIAN ART A Help for Students of Design. ByCharles W. Mead, 

 Assistant Curator, Department of Anthropology. 16 pages, 6 full-page 

 plates. Price, 10 cents. 



No. 48. INSECTS AND DISEASE. By C.-E. A. WlNSLOW, D.P.H., Curator. De- 

 partment of Public Health, and F. E. Lutz, Associate Curator, Depart- 

 ment of Invertebrate Zoology. 73 pages, 39 illustrations. Price, 25 cents. 



Xo. 49. GUIDE TO THE MINERAL COLLECTION. By Herbert P. Whitlock, 

 C.E., Curator of Mineralogv. 32 pages, 17 illustrations. Price 15 cents. 



Xo. 50. INDIAN BEADWOK K. By Clark Wissler, Ph.D., Curator of Anthro- 

 pology. 32 pages. 27 illustrations. Price, 15 cents. 



