The American Society of Mammalogists 
Founded April 3, 1919 
Incorporated April 29, 1920 
E. W. Nelson, President 
Wilfred H. Osgood; Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., Vice-Presidents 
H. H. Lane, Recording Secretary 
Hartley H. T. JacksoN, Corresponding Secretary 
Arthur J. Poole, Treasurer 
N. Hollister, Editor 
Additional Directors 
1920-1922 
T. S. Palmer 
Rudolph M. Anderson 
M. W. Lyon, Jr. 
W. D. Matthew 
Edward A. Preble 
1921-1923 
Glover M. Allen 
W iTMER Stone 
Joseph Grinnell 
John C. Merriam 
H. E. Anthony 
Standing Committees 
Publications: N. Hollister, Chairman. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., Edward A. Preble, Hartley H. 
T. Jackson, William H. Cheesman. 
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, George 
Shiras, 3rd. 
Anatomy and Phytogeny: Adolph H. Schultz, Chairman. John C. Merriam, H. H. Donald- 
son, W. K. Gregory, J. W. Gidley. 
Bibliography: T. S. Palmer, Chairman. Wilfred H. Osgood, Hartley H. T. Jackson. 
Conservation: Wilfred H. Osgood, Chairman. E. W. Nelson, Jonathan Dwight. 
Marine Mammals: E. W. Nelson, Chairman. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., T. S. Palmer, Barton W. 
Evermann, Robert Cushman Murphy. 
Economic Mammalogy: A. K. Fisher, Chairman. W. B. Bell, Harold C. Bryant. 
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. C. 
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. 
