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in the vicinity of Ripley, Mis i, whc: ral hundn iinens 



Coll( in tlii <-cn V< 



iir with which the spcciin- 



rom the soil. In order to obviate this 

 difficulty the Curator empli e which ; 



th- writh paraffin, imi m their ral. In this 



way the ined w I the collection 



is first 1 value that has ever been 



seenn ils. At Pon1 I ries <>i fossil o 



echinoids, and shark's teeth was col numberii hundred 



and twenty-tw. imens. Of these the echinoi re exception- 



ally tine ami a1 if the The Selma be 



of Houston yielded four hundred and eighty-six specimens of in- 

 rtebrat ing sixty-five s] and a sandy limestone 



in the vicinity two hundred and thirty-one specimens representing 

 twenty-five species. The collecting of Tertiary fossils was carried 

 on chiefly in the vicinity of Vicksburg and about thirty-two hundred 

 specimens representing one hundn species were secured. 



While the work of collecting here was considerably interfered with 



excessive rains and high water, the amount of material 

 was on the whole very sati The assistance of Dr. Crider, 



State Geologist of Mississippi, Professor Sullivan of Millsaps College, 

 and Professors I. owe and Brown oi the State University, is gratefully 

 acknowledged in connection with the w r ork About twenty pho - 

 ■phs illustrating the formations were made and a considerable 

 .ount of modern molluscan material was secured and transferred 

 to the Department of Zoology. At Traverse Bay. Michigan, the 

 Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology also collected one 

 hundred anil twenty-eight specimens of Devonian corals, sponges, 

 etc., which on polishing exhibit especially well-marked structure. 

 A series of peculiarly eroded pebbles was also secured at this Locality. 

 The results of the < 9 in the interest of the Department 



of Zoology to Central America, and Venezuela. South America, in- 

 cluding adjacent Islands, during the early part of 190 

 Dearborn and Ferry, proved most satisfactory. Their combined col- 

 lections contained 3,21; bird skins of which Mr. Ferry 2.100. 

 A fini from the Dutch islands of C >, Orul I Bonaire 

 were nearly all new to the collections. During the summer Mr. Perry 

 made several short collecting trips to local points in Illinois and one 

 to northern Wisconsin, the results of which added 90 specimens, 



