Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo05amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The American Museum Journal Vol. v. JULY, 1905. No. 3 HE principal article of the present number of the Journal is upon the snakes, lizards and turtles which are to be found in the vicinity of New York City. This article will be published separately as No. 19 of the Museum series of Guide Leaflets, and will form a convenient summary hand-book for use in the field as well as in connection with the collections on exhibition in the Museum. The author of the leaflet is Mr. Raymond L, Ditmars, Curator of Reptiles in the New York Zoological Park in Bronx Park, who is well known to all students of nature through his careful study and interesting descriptions of the forms of animal life which are his special study. The excellent photographs forming the basis of the illustrations were taken from living specimens by Mr. Herbert Lang, of the Museum.
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CORALS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. During the past summer Dr. J. E. Duerden, Honorary Curator of Coelenterates, carried out, under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution, an expedition to the Hawaiian Islands for the purpose of studying and collecting the living corals. The main object was to secure a representative series of Pacific corals from w^hich comparison could be made with results already published upon West Indian forms. About three months were spent among the islands, the capital, Honolulu, being made the headciuarters. The directors of the Rapid Transit Company there generously placed the facilities of their newly established aquarium at his disposal, the constant supply of fresh sea-water being of great assistance in keeping the corals alive for investi- gation day by day. Between thirty and forty species of corals were collected, 87

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