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state of preservation, are present from the Green Eiver of Wyoming, 

 the Tertiary of Switzerland, the Triassic of the Appalachian region, 

 and the coal fields of Great Britain, France, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. 

 The collection is especially notable for its wealth of Upper Paleozoic 

 insects and crustaceans, the latter being represented in some cases 

 by many duplicates in excellent state of preservation. 



Supplementary to the collection is the very valuable paleontological 

 library, estimated to contain not less than 2,000 volumes and an equal 

 number of pamphlets. 



Other noteworthy accessions of paleontological material are noted 

 briefly below. 



During the summer of 1922, Dr. E. O. Ulrich, while traveling in 

 Europe, visited the Island of Gotland, Sweden, where he secured up- 

 ward of 1,500 specimens of Silurian invertebrates. At other locali- 

 ties of northern Europe collections were made from the Cambrian and 

 associated formations, aggregating approximately 1,000 specimens. 

 These he presented to the Museum for incorporation in the study 

 series where they are of value for comparison with American faunas 

 of the same ages. 



The Mesozoic and Cenozoic collections have also been enriched 

 through donations of valuable material from foreign sources. Stephen 

 11. Capps, of the United States Geological Survey, while engaged 

 in private work in Palestine, made extensive collections of Mesozoic 

 fossils which he presented to the Museum. Studies upon this very 

 interesting material by Dr. T. W. Stanton are now under way. 

 Chiefly through Dr. T. W. Vaughan, a number of accessions of mate- 

 rial from the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and various 

 localities in South America have been added. Foraminifera, corals, 

 echinoids, and mollusks from Jamaica constituted a large collection 

 contributed by Dr. C. A. Matley, Government geologist, Kingston, 

 Jamaica ; representatives of more than 600 species from the Tertiary 

 and Cretaceous of northeastern Mexico were donated by the Com- 

 pania del Petroleo " El Aguila " S. A.. Tampico, Mexico ; the Stand- 

 ard Oil Company (New Jersey), through C, F. Bowen, and Hoyt F. 

 Gale of the South American Gulf Oil Company, New York City, 

 supplied collections from Venezuela and Colombia, respectively; and 

 the Richmond Petroleum Company of Mexico, S. A., contributed 

 materials from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Central America. Men- 

 tion should also be made of the various lots, chiefly echini and corals, 

 supplied from time to time by W. P. Forrest, St. John, Antigtia. 

 These are of great value in filling gaps in the collections from this 

 island. Brother Artiste Joseph, Instituto de la Salle, Bogota, Colom- 

 bia, has also furnished a quantity of material. 



Collections of fossils from England and Italy were presented by 

 Edwin A. Walford, Banbury, England. Those from England are 



