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The most vahuible accession of the year was the remainder of the 

 skeleton of a large Mastodon amenca^ius from the Pleistocene of 

 Indiana, presented by Maj, H. H. and W. D. Pattison. The skele- 

 ton is now mounted and on exhibition (Lyon, Marcus W.. Amer. Midi. 

 Nat., vol. 17, p. 336, fig. 116, 1936) . 



The Fort. Union mammal collection from Montana was increased by 

 the purchase of a small assemblage of specimens from A. C. Silberling. 

 A collection of Pleistocene specimens made by Benno Alexander, vho 

 accompanied the 1914-15 Korean Expedition to the Kolyma liiver 

 region in northern Siberia, was presented by the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. It included about 200 individual specimens, the most im- 

 portant being a fine skull of Eleplia.^ j)nmi genius. 



A skull of Canis orciitti from the Pleistocene of California was 

 received in exchange with the California State Normal School of Los 

 Angeles. The type specimen of the fossil fish Evesthes jordani from 

 the Miocene of California was presented by Dr. J. Z. Gilbert (Bull. 

 Dept. Geol. Univ. California, vol. 5, pp. 405-411, pis. 41-43, 1910). 

 Plaster casts of the type of Allosau7%is fragilis were received in ex- 

 ■change with the Peabody Museum of Natural History. The United 

 States Geological Survey transferred some 30 vertebrate specimens, 

 representing 9 species of fossil fishes and reptiles from the Upper 

 Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, N. Mex., including the types of 

 Baena nodosa and Neunmkylus haiiH (Gilmore, C. W., U. S. Geol. 

 Surv. Prof. Pap. 98-Q, pp. 290-295, 1916) . 



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A collection of Permian vertebrates made by Charles H. Sternberg 

 in Baylor County, Tex., was purchased. It contained a good skeleton 

 of Dimetrodon gigas^ now mounted (Gilmore, C. W., Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 56, pp. 525-539, 1919), besides partial skeletons of three other 

 individuals. Also worthy of special mention are skulls and partial 

 skeletons of the following genera : ('ardiocephalus., Lysorophus, Diplo- 

 caulus, Seymo'uria, Lahidosaurus, and Parlotichiis, as well as a great 

 quantity of unidentified materials of lesser value. 



A collection of fossil reptile and cetacean remains, including the 

 types of Goniopholis affims, Cetotheriwrti crassangidmn, and Metopo- 

 eetm durinastis, from the Arundel formation, Cretaceous and Calvert, 

 Miocene of Maryland, was deposited by Goucher College. 



A collection of 400 small mammal specimens was made from the 

 Pleistocene cave deposits of western Cuba by William Palmer. 



A small collection of turtles from the Upper Cretaceous (Belly 

 River), containing the types of Aspideretes latus and Boremys alhert- 



