The ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the fields of

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

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geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

. It is part of a group of journals published by the American Museum of Natural History, in which context it is commonly referred to as the ''Bulletin'' to distinguish it from other series of journals published by the museum. The ''Bulletin'' was founded in 1881, originally for publishing short papers. One of its first editors was the American zoologist and ornithologist

Joel Asaph Allen Joel Asaph Allen (July 19, 1838 – August 29, 1921) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, and ornithologist. He became the first president of the American Ornithologists' Union, the first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of ...

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, The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology, accessed 31 October 2009 Scientists and naturalists who published in the journal in its early years included Sir

John William Dawson Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899) was a Canadian geologist and university administrator. Life and work John William Dawson was born on 13 October 1820 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where he attended and graduated from Pictou Academy. Of Scotti ...

Lucius Eugene Chittenden Lucius Eugene Chittenden (May 24, 1824 – July 22, 1900) was an American author, banker, lawyer, politician and peace advocate who served as Register of the Treasury during the Lincoln administration. Early life Chittenden was born in Willisto ...

Jules Marcou Jules Marcou (April 20, 1824 – April 17, 1898) was a French-Swiss-American geologist. Biography He was born at Salins, in the ''département'' of Jura, in France. He was educated at Besançon and at the Collège Saint Louis, Paris. After co ...

Ezra Brainerd Ezra Brainerd (December 17, 1844 – December 8, 1924) was president of Middlebury College, Vermont, United States, from 1885 until 1908. Born in St. Albans, Vermont, Brainerd was a graduate of the college in 1864. Brainerd assumed the presidency ...

Edgar Alexander Mearns Edgar Alexander Mearns (September 11, 1856 – November 1, 1916) was an American surgeon, ornithologist and field naturalist. He was a founder of the American Ornithologists' Union. Life Mearns was born in n Highland Falls, New York to Alex ...

Maximilian von Wied Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (23 September 1782 – 3 February 1867) was a German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist. He led a pioneering expedition to southeast Brazil between 1815–1817, from which the album ''Reise na ...

. In the 1920s, the role of publishing short papers was taken over by the '' Novitates'' series, and the ''Bulletin'' began publishing longer papers that had previously been the remit of the ''Memoirs'' series. Beginning with volume 23 (1907), information on anthropological matters was published in ''Anthropological Papers''. The ''Bulletin'' is currently (as of 2009) published at irregular intervals.

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