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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Table 2. — Chronological list of mounted fossil skeletons in the U. S. National 

 Museum — Continued 



MOUNTED ELSEWHERE 



48. Hoplophoncus robustus Adams 

 (type) 



Stenomylus hitchcocki Loomis 



Gorgosaurus libraius Lambe 



Merycodus necatus Lcidy 



Ichthyodectes hamatus Cope 



Emeus crassus Owen 



Emeus crassus Owen 



Stenomylus hitchcocki Loomis 



1919 



Adam Hermann, A. M. N. H. 

 A. Augustina, C. M. 

 Peter Kaisen, A. M. N. H. 

 P. C. Orr, F. M. N. H. 

 G. F. Sternberg. 



Hugh Gibb, P. M. N. H. 



CATALOGS 



The catalog system first used by the Museum was that devised in 

 April 1839 by Professor Baird at Carlisle, Pa., while engaged in 

 work upon his private collection of birds. "VVlien he became Assistant 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1850, his system was 

 adopted for the Government collections. 



When cataloging was first begun it was found more convenient to 

 keep the records of the several collections in one book, although as 

 pointed out by Mr. Geare -^ the catalog for the skeletons, including 

 both recent and fossil, was started in 1840. 



This double arrangement was continued through the first four 

 volumes of this series as follows : 



Vol. I, Nos. 1 to 3,500 original and copy in the Division of Mammals. Covers 



the period between 1840 and 1859. 

 Vol II, Nos. 3,501 to 8,850, original and copy in the Division of Mammals. 



Covers the period between March 12, 1859, to May 1869. 

 Vol. Ill, Nos. 8,851 to 15,800, original in the Division of Mammals. Covers the 



period between May 1869 to December 1877. 

 Vol. IV, Nos. 14,501 to 18,330, original in the Division of Mammals. Covers 



the period between December 1879 to October 26, 1888. 



It will be noted that the entries in the fourth volume duplicate 

 1,299 numbers of the preceding volume. Examination of the original 

 volumes shows that the entries also were repeated, so that there is no 

 actual duplication of catalog numbers. 



Geare, R. I., Museum catalogues, Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1889, p. 8, 1891. 



