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presented collections of Cretaceous and later fossil material obtained 

 by himself and O. B. Hopkins at 10 localities in the Republic of 

 Colombia ; 200 specimens of Mesozoic invertebrates from the same 

 State were received from the Instituto de la Salle, Bogota; late 

 Tertiary fossils from the Fiji Islands were donated by Dr. A, G. 

 Mayor, Tucson, Ariz.; and a series of Lower California fossils by 

 John B. Orynski, Mexico City. Col. L. Worthington Wilmer, Isle 

 of Wight, who has collected and presented much material in the past, 

 has continued his interest by donating two collections of Lower Cre- 

 taceous fossils from England. 



Especial mention should bB made of fossil corals and echini re- 

 ceived from W. K. Forrest, St. Johns, Antigua, British West Indies, 

 A number of new species of echini are represented, which are now 

 being studied by Dr. R. T. Jackson. Another echinoid new to 

 science, from Barbados, was received from Sir John B. Harrison, 

 Department of Science and Agriculture, Georgetown, Demarara, 

 British Guiana. Likewise of importance is a collection of fossils 

 from 125 localities, representing virtually a complete section of the 

 Tertiary formations of northwestern India, with particular refer- 

 ence to the forminiferal rocks, collected and forwarded by D. Dale 

 Condit, formerly of the LTnited States Geological Survey, but now 

 engaged in geologic work in India and China. 



The chief Paleozoic invertebrate collections received during the 

 year are from North American localities, although some few lots were 

 procured from abroad. Noteworthy gifts are comprised in two ac- 

 cessions of Devonian material including 5,000 fossil moUusks from 

 various localities, received from B. Hart Wright, Penn Yan, N. Y., 

 and 700 miscellaneous specimens from eastern Canada and an ex- 

 hibition slab of sponges from western Pennsylvania, gift of E. J. 

 Armstrong, Erie, Pa. 



Special collections secured by Curator Bassler consist of approxi- 

 mately^ 2,000 specimens from central Tennessee, including both ex- 

 hibition and study materials, and about 3,000 specimens, exclusive 

 of duplicates, of Middle and Upper Devonian forms from western 

 New York and Pennsylvania. Here may also be mentioned casts 

 of type and other Paleozoic fossils contained in the Illinois State 

 Museum, prepared by the curator and recorded as a gift from that 

 institution. Similar casts of types of Arctic cephalopods were pre- 

 pared and donated by Dr. August F. Foerste, of Dayton, Ohio. An 

 important collection of fossil Bryozoa from the Carboniferous rocks 

 of Bolivia was presented by Prof. E. W. Berry, Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity. 



Exchanges have considerably enriched the study series, the most 

 important comprising about 2,000 specimens from the Ordovician 

 rocks of Nevada, received from H. G. Clinton and Percy Train, 



