or Natural His Krpokts. Vol. III. 



c.i . the (i iron and chro- 



mitr from the black sands of Ci{H* Flattery, talc, firr 



s and a scries of silver-lead ores of the important 

 •ir d'Alene district o. Somr •• in«n»r.i'. 



lined, including; a line }^up • irt/ 



c: ::i Ml. ii. < 1 an«l a spot iinon of the new r.um r.ii : 



S- 'tu Cp '-.■ •' 1 ,1 unique form of prcscrvatJ- i ^ 



ir. '!• •■'■' • .. . were also oli» litK-.l On the jwi: .• 



tr , , Los Anjjclcs, C.i i. and the Grani 



Canv^n of Arizona were v*isited and valuable specimens collected and 

 p": tphs ma<U A l»ricf trip to Southern Oklahoma was made 



by the Aiisistant Curator from which ores, fossils, and other geological 

 material of the territory were obtained. The ores secured were 

 chiefly of iron and manganese and illustrative nf the gradations 

 111- nd the replacement of limestone by iron. Good spc 



ot .liid were also obtained. The fossils obtained were » .-.- . . 



br i»i'' '>rachiop«:Kls. In adclition. specimens of ca'' »?*r'>ns .' 1 



si'i ^ were collected and some field studies ma 



the origin of the latter. The Assistant Curator of Invertebrate 

 Paleontology continued cluring the year the work of collecting in- 

 vertebrate fossils in the Chicago area and at Wilmington, Illinois. 

 In the Chicago area over 500 specimens of Niagara age were collected, 

 chiefly crinoids, sponges, and corals. Several of the crinoids fur- 

 ni ' ' ' ' 'lonal illustrations of the new < recently described by 



tlit .i^^ ^ .iiit Curator and some new ivin^ ..ere obt.iincd. Several 

 hur. i'. \ Pleistocene shells were also collected in the area. At Wil- 

 m over a, 000 specimens of Richmond age were obtained, nearly 



all of which are new to the collections. These include representatives 

 of about 2*0 ^ of Brachiopods, several species each of Pelecyp<"ls 



and < Is. and 35 species of Bryozoans. 



During Januar\'. Februar>* and March. Mr. John F. Ferry of the 

 D- ...    Is of Bonaire. Aves. Los 



R I. liiantuuia. L<js Hermanos. Margarita, and 



"^ ... viic northern coast of South America. His 



' ^3 1 birds. 27 birds* eggs, iq mammals; and in 



^ of fishes, reptiles, and invertebrates were 

 tn .\s a r • s and subspecies of birds new to science 



were number of species new to the collections 



