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Show 276 BASIS OP AMERICAN HISTORY [ 1450 " The Geographic Origin and Distribution of North American Birds." ( The Auk, 1893). Good general works on American natural history are few. W. Stone and W. E. Cram, American Animals ( 1902), limited to mammals in its subject matter, and the latest work, W. T. Hornaday, The American Natural History ( 1904), are the best in the field. Hornaday is particularly good on mammals, but not so strong on the other orders. Of special studies, those on the bison and the fur- seal are the most important. J. A. Allen, " The American Bison, Living and Extinct" ( Museum of Comparative Zoology, Memoirs, Cambridge, 1876), and W. T. Hornaday, " The Extermination of the American Bison" ( National Museum, Report, 1889), contain most of the available information regarding the buffalo. David S. Jordan et al, Report of the Fur- Seal Investigation ( 4 vols., 1898), is a model of what such reports should be and is an exhaustive treatment of the whole subject. The best treatment of the deer is by Theodore Roosevelt and others, The Deer Family. The Reports of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries are recommended for information bearing on the economic value of the fisheries of the United States. ARCHAOLOGY OP NORTH AMERICA The best bibliography of the extensive literature on this subject is that of Justin Winsor in his Narrative and Critical History of America, vol. I. ( 1889), excellent up to 1889. Another useful but uncritical bibliography is by G. Fowke in his Archaological History of Ohio ( 1902). The best general book on the subject is probably Cyrus Thomas, Introduction to the Study of North American Archeology ( 1898). H. W. Haynes, in Winsor, Narrative and Critical History of America, I., chap, vi., limits his discussion to the evidence as to man's antiquity. W. K. Moore-head, Prehistoric Implements ( 1900) is a good reference-book on the smaller objects which have been found. The best publications on American archaeology have |