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than that of the accessions in the preceding year. An increase is also 

 noted in the number of accessions. A collection of vertebrates, made 

 under the direction of Prof. O. 0. Marsh, which has been on exhibition 

 in the Museum for several years, was formally transferred from the 

 United States Geological Survey. There were also received from the 

 same source one hundred and fifteen boxes of unprepared vertebrate 

 material from Kansas, a valuable collection of Green River fishes, a 

 series of specimens studied by Professor Leidy and Mr. Lucas, a few 

 fossil insects collected by Mr. David White, and an identified collec- 

 tion of Cephalopoda, studied by Prof. Alpheus Hyatt, Cambridge, 

 Mass. Mr. Charles Schuchert, the assistant curator, collected for the 

 Museum an extensive series of Devonian fossils, embracing" about six- 

 teen thousand specimens. These were obtained in New York, Ontario, 

 and Michigan. Over two thousand six hundred specimens of Middle 

 Cambrian fossils from Newfoundland and from St. Davids, Wales, were 

 purchased from Mr. E. E. Howell, of this city. Another installment of 

 fossil ijlants, together with a series of fossil fishes, was received from 

 Mr. R. D. Lacoe, of Pittston, Pa. A large and valuable collection of 

 fossils from various horizons, collected by the late Dr. Daniel Breed, 

 was transmitted through Prof. B. T. Janney, administrator of the 

 estate. This material was received in part as a gift and in part as an 

 exchange. Mr. George Kernahan, Thedford, Ontario, contributed an 

 excellent collection of Middle Devonian fossils, embracing 442 speci- 

 mens. A collection of teeth and bones of mammals, exhibited at the 

 Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, was given to 

 the Museum by the Peace River Phosphate Company of Florida. 

 From Princeton College there were received in exchange skulls of 

 Ischyroniys typits, Leptcmche)iia nutjor, and Eucrotaphus hullatus. From 

 Dr. Herman Credner, Leipsic, Germany, fourteen specimens of jBra«c//io- 

 saurus amblystofnus were obtained in exchange. In the same manner a 

 collection of fossils and casts was secured from the Museo de la Plata, 

 La Plata, Argentina; a large collection of Clinton and Niagara fossils, 

 including many graptolites, from Col. Charles C. Grant, Hamilton, 

 Ontario; thirty-six species of Russian Cretaceous 'fossils from Prof. A. 

 Pavlow, Moscow, Russia; and a collection of characteristic Middle 

 Devonian fossils from Mr. R. Macintosh, Thedford, Ontario. Four fine 

 fossil medus?e, from the Jurassic of Germany, were purchased from 

 Dr. F. Krantz, Bonn, and other material worthy of mention was con- 

 tributed as follows: Several collections of fossils from Galveston, Tex., 

 from Mr. J. A. Singley; a collection of Lower Carboniferous fossils from 

 Dr. J. H. Lemon, New Albany, Ind.; two collections of interesting 

 fossils from the Choteau formation of Missouri, from Mr. R. A. Blair; 

 and a series of characteristic Middle Devonian fossils from Mr. Malcom 

 McKinnon, Thedford, Ontario. 



The transfer of the magnificent Lacoe collection from Pittston, Pa., 

 the residence of the donor, to Washington was completed during the 



