Excerpt from Natural History, 1926, Vol. 26: The Journal of the American Museum of Natural History, Devoted to Natural HistoryAn illustrated magazine devoted to the advancement of natural history, the recording of scientific research, exploration, and discovery, and the development of museum exhibition and museum in¿uence in education. Contributors are men eminent in these fields, including the scientific staff and members of the American Museum as well as writers connected with other institutions, explorers, and investigators in the several branches of natural history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.