The American Naturalist 



EDITOR 



FREDERIC T. LEWIS, M. D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 

 ASSOCIATE EDITORS 

 J. A. ALLEN, Ph.D., American Museum of Natural History, New York 

 E. A. ANDREWS, Ph.D., Johns Hophins UniversUy, BaUimore 

 WILLIAM S. BAYLEY, Ph.D., Colby University, WatervUle 

 DOUGLAS H. CAMPBELL, Ph.D., Stanford University 

 J. H. COMSTOCK, S.B., Cornell UniversUy, Ithaca 

 WILLIAM M. DAVIS, M.E., Harvard UniversUy, Cambridge 

 ALES HRDLICKA. M.D., U. S. National Museum, Washington 

 D. S. JORDAN, LL.D., Stanford UniversUy 

 CHARLES A. KOFOID, Ph.D., UniversUy of California, Berkeley 

 J. G. NEEDHAM, Ph.D., Cornell UniversUy, Ithaca 

 ARNOLD E. ORTMANN, Ph.D., Carnegie Museum, PUlsburg 

 D. p. PENHALLOW, D.Sc, F.R.S.C, McGUl UniversUy, Montreal 

 H. M. RICHARDS, S.D., Columbia UniversUy, New York 

 W. E. RITTER, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 

 ERWIN F. smith, S.D., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington. 

 LEONHARD STEJNEGER, LL.D., SmUhsonian InstUution, Washington 

 W. TRELEASE, S.D., Missoun Botanical Garden, St. Louis 

 HENRY B. WARD, Ph.D., UniversUy of Nebraska, Lincoln 

 WILLIAM M. WEffiELER, Ph.D., American Museum of Natural History, 

 Neva York 



The American Naturalist is an illustrated monthly magazine 

 of Natural History, and will aim to present to its readers the leading 

 facts and discoveries in General Biology, Anthropology, Zoology, 

 Botany, Paleontology, and the several branches of Geology. 



The contents each month will consist of leading original articles 

 containing accounts and discussions of new discoveries, reports of 

 scientific expeditions, biographical notices of distinguished naturalists, 

 or critical summaries of progress in some line; in addition to these 

 there will be briefer articles on various points of interest, editorial 

 comments on scientific questions of the day, and critical reviews 

 of recent literature. 



All naturalwts who have anything interesting to say are requested 

 to send their contributions; candidates for the higher scientific degrees 

 are invited to contribute concise summaries of the special literature 

 pertaining to their chosen topics. The editors will endeavor to select 

 for publication only that which is of true scientific value and at the 

 same tune so written as to be intelligible, instructive, and interesting 

 to the general scientific reader. 



All manuscripts, books for review, exchanges, etc., should be 

 sent to Frederic T. Lewis, M. D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, 

 Mass. 



All business communications should be sent to Messrs. (iixx 

 & Co-MPAXY, 29 Beacon St., Bcston, Mass. 



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