lo Field Columbian Museum — Reports, Vol. II. 



March i6. — "The Diamonds of the Kettle Moraine and Their Ances- 

 tral Home" (Illustrated). 

 Prof. Wm. H. Hobbs, University of Wisconsin. 



March 23. — "The Evolution of Means of Transportation in America" 

 (Illustrated). 

 Prof. Edwin Erie Sparks, University of Chicago. 



March 30. — "Some Interesting Insects" (Illustrated). 



Mr. E. B. Chope, Assistant in Department of 

 Zoology. 



April 6. — "Deep Sea Fishing and Fishes" (Illustrated). 



Dr. S. E. Meek, Assistant Curator Department of 

 Zoology. 



April 13. — "The Ancient Pueblos of Arizona" (Illustrated). 



Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, Bureau of Ethnology, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



April 20. — " Tour of the Plant World— West Indies " (Illustrated). 



Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator Department of Botany. 



April 27. — "Jamaica — The Princess of the Antilles" (Illustrated). 



Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator Department of Botany. 



Publications. — This means of recording the results of original 

 research and also ©f recent acquisitions proves eminently satisfactory, 

 and, judging from the complimentary references made from time to 

 time by prominent scientists and journals, the standard reached is 

 very high. "A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and the 

 Adjacent Seas" was issued during the year and the following excerpt 

 from a review of the work by a prominent scientist may be of interest 

 in connection with the typographical appearance which characterizes 

 the Museum publications : 



"The book is well printed, though on glazed paper that is 

 probably ill-adapted to withstand constant use. This, however, was 

 rendered necessary by the profuse half-tones with which .the text is 

 illustrated. As if to compensate for the brevity of the text, the book 

 is illustrated with a profuseness hitherto unknown in similar works. 

 The plates and text figures contain half-tone reproductions of photo- 

 graphs of the skull and teeth of at least one representative of nearly 

 every genus and sub-genus. The standing of excellence of these 

 figures is very high, and no equally successful application of photog- 

 raphy to zoological illustration on so extensive a scale has hitherto 

 been made." 



