The American Society of Mammalogists 
Founded April 3, 1919 
Incorporated April 29, 1920 
C. Hart Merriam, President 
E. W. Nelson; Wilfred H. Osgood, Vice-Presidents 
H. H. Lane, Recording Secretary 
Hartley H. T. Jackson, Corresponding Secretary 
J. W. Gidley Treasurer 
N. Hollister, Editor 
Additional Directors 
1919-1921 
Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 
Glover M. Allen 
W iTMER Stone 
Joseph Grinnell 
John C. Merriam 
1920-1922 
T. S. Palmer 
Rudolph M. Anderson 
M. W. Lyon, Jr. 
W. D. Matthew 
Edward A. Preble 
Standing Committees 
Publications: N. Hollister, Chairman. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., Edward A. Preble, Hartley H. 
T. Jackson, J. W. Gidley. 
Life Histories of Mammals: Chas. C. Adams, Chairman. Rudolph M. Anderson, Vernon 
Bailey, Harold C. Bryant, Lee R. Dice, Hartley H. T. Jackson, T. S. Palmer, Ernest 
Thompson Seton^ Walter P. Taylor, Herbert Lang. 
Study of Game Mammals: Charles Sheldon, Chairman. George Bird Grinnell. 
Anatomy and Phytogeny: W. K. Gregory, Chairman. John C. Merriam, H. H. Donaldson, 
Alexander Wetmore, Hermann von W. Schulte. 
Bibliography: T. S. Palmer, Chairman. Wilfred H. Osgood, Hartley H. T. Jackson. 
Conservation: Wilfred H. Osgood, Chairman. E. W. Nelson, Jonathan Dwight. 
The Journal of Mammalogy 
Subscription rates, $3.50 per year; single numbers $1.00 each. Sent free to all mem- 
bers of the American Society of Mammalogists not in arrears for dues. 
Manuscripts for publication, books and papers for notice and review, etc., should be sent 
to the Editor, N. Hollister, National Zoological Park, Washington, D. O. 
Subscriptions, changes of addresses, requests for missing numbers, applications for adver- 
tising rates, etc., should be sent to the Corresponding Secretary, Dr. Hartley H. T. Jackson, 
Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. 
