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SCIENTIFIC M ON T HLY

EDITED BY J. MCKEEN CATTELL

CURRENT MILKY WAY PROBLEMS. DR. BART J. BOK ........................... 397

LIFE IN THE SEA. PROFESSOR R. E. COKER ....................................................... 416

THE WESTERN BIOTA. PROFESSOR T. D. A. COCKERELL .............................. 433

WHY DO INSECTS BECOME PESTS? DR. E. PORTER FELT ..... . 437

CONSERVATION OF GAME BIRDS. DR. GRAEmE A. CANNING ............ 441

THE DIFFERENTIAL TIME INTERVAL FOR REMARRIAGE OF WIDOWERS. DR. RAY H. ABRAMS ............................................... .......... 443

THE RAW MATERIALS OF EVOLUTION. PROFESSOR THEODOSIUS DOBZHANSKY ........................................... ....................................................... 445

HAHNEMANN AS A CHEMIST. DR. ISRAEL S. KLEINER .............................. 450

COMMENTS ON CURRENT SCIENCE. SCIENCE SERVICE . ........................... 455

THE SEARCH FOR LONGEVITY. PROFESSOR RAYMOND PEARL ............ 462

THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE: The Memorial to Benjamin Franklin; The Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Physiological Society; John Muir and the National Monument in His Honor .............................................................. 484

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