CONTENTS. 
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Introduction and acknowledgments _ 123 
The geologic section at Vero _ 125 
The geologic history of the Florida East Coast_ 126 
The deposits .containing vertebrate fossils_ 127 
Section through the stream valley_ 127 
The human remains _ 129 
First discovery of human remains in stratum No. 2_ 131 
Discovery of bones showing markings _ 1*34 
Second discovery of human remains in stratum No. 2_ 135 
Discovery of flints in stratum No. 2_ 136 
Discovery of bone implements in stratum No. 2_ 140 
First discovery of human remains in stratum No. 3_ 140 
Additional human remains from stratum No. 3_ 142 
Pottery, flint and bone implements from stratum No. 3_ 143 
Fossils associated with human remains_ 143 
Plant and animal fossils from stratum No. 2_ 143 
Plants _ '143 
Invertebrates - 143 
The vertebrate fauna _ 144 
Fishes _ 144 
Batrachians _ 145 
Reptiles - 145 
Birds - 146 
Jabiru ? weillsi, sp. nov. _ 146 
Mammals _ 147 
Plant and animal fossils from stratum No. 3_ 147 
Notes on mammals including description of a new canid_ 148 
Didelphis, Megalonyx, Chlamytherium, Dasypus _ 148 
Equus, Tapirus, Peccary, Camel, Odocoileus__ 149 
Bison, Elephas, Mammut, Neotoma, Neofiber _ 150 
Sylvilagus, Sigmodon, Blarina, Cryptotis, Scalopus, Hydrochoerus, 
Lutra - 151 
Smilodon, Vulpes, Procyon, Lynx, Canis _ 152 
Canis ayersi, sp. nov. _ 152 
Canis sp. cf. C. latrans_ 157 
List of mammals from stratum No. 2___ 158 
List of mammals from stratum No. 3_ 158 
Summary _ 159 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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Figs. 1-5, 14. Sections of the canal bank at Vero_128-141 
Figs. 7-13. Flints associated with human bones _ 138 
Fig. 15. Fossils associated with human remains_ 157 
PLATES. 
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15-17. Views of the canal bank at Vero showing location of fossil hu¬ 
man remains ___ 
18-23. Human remains, implements and engravings _ 
24-31. Fossils associated with human remains _ 
