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1899 



A well-preserved skull of Hyracodon nehrascensis from the Oligo- 

 cene was presented by A. W. Barber. A small collection of mam- 

 malian specimens from the Oligocene, near Oelrick, S. Dak., made 

 by N. H. Darton was transmitted by the United States Geological 

 Survey. It contained a nearly complete skeleton of Meryco'idodon 

 gracilis (Gilmore, C. W., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, pp. 513-514, 

 1907). A collection of fish remains from the Niobrara, Upper Cre- 

 taceous of Kansas, was presented by Dr. A. B. Baker. The type 

 skull of Vrsus procerus (Miller, G. S., Jr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 13, pp. 53-56, 1899) from the Pleistocene of Ohio was pre- 

 sented by W. G. Roberts. 



1900 



Final consignment (5 carloads) of the Marsh collection of fossil 

 vertebrates, consisting of 590 boxes and crates, having a total weight 

 of 80 tons and a roughly estimated valuation of $150,000, was trans- 

 ferred by the United States Geological Survey. This consignment 

 was received in 1899 but not accessioned until 1900. A skeleton of 

 Lepidosteus atrox from the Eocene of Wyoming was presented by 

 Charles Schuchert. A collection of phytosaurian materials made by 

 Barnum Brown, including the types of Placerias hestemus and Meto- 

 posaurus fraasi (Lucas, F. A., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 27, pp. 193- 

 195. 1904), from the Triassic of Arizona, was transmitted by the 

 United States Geological Survey. 



A skull of Arclmeotherkini mortom from the Oligocene of South 

 Dakota was purchased from L. W. Stilwell. 



1901 



A well-preserved skeleton of Hesperom'ts regaJls from the Niobrara 

 formation. Upper Cretaceous, of Kansas, was purchased from Han- 

 del T. Martin. This specimen was mounted for exhibition (Lucas, 

 F. A., Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 45, p. 95, 1903) ; a small collection 

 of bird bones, including the types of Pufflnus eyermmd and Tanta- 

 lus milne-ed'wardsi (Shufeldt, R. W., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, 1896, p. 511), from the Middle Miocene of France, was pre- 

 sented by Robert W. Shufeldt. 



A skeleton of Maafodon americanv.^^ a female, from the Pleisto- 

 cene found near Church, Hillsdale County, Mich., was purchased 

 (Gilmore, C. W., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 30, p. 610, 1906). 



A skull and one tusk, the type of Elephas roosevelti, from the 

 Pleistocene, found near Ashland, Cass County, 111., were purchased 

 (Hay, O. P., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 35, p. 101, 1922). 



