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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 



Others of similar character, giving a complete representation of the 

 Kaskaskia crinoidal fauna, are being prepared for installation in the 

 exhil)ition hall of the Xational MuseunL 



FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THl': CUMBERLAND PLEISTOCENE 



CAVE DEPOSIT 



In May, 1913, Mr. J. W. (lidley, assistant curator of fossil mam- 

 mals in the U. S. Xational Museum, made a second visit to the Pleis- 

 tocene cave deposit near Cumberland, Maryland, which proved even 





Fig. i8. Near view of part of excavation made near Cumberland, Maryland. 



by U. S. National Museum party. Plmtooraph liy Armhruster. 



more successful than the one of the previous year, reported in the 

 account of the Smithsonian explorations of 191 2. 



Many new forms were added to the collection, and much better 

 material was obtained of several species represented only by jaw- 

 fragments in the first collection. The collection now contains upward 

 of 300 specimens, representing at least 40 distinct species of mam- 

 mals, many of which are now extinct. Among the better preserved 

 specimens are several nearly complete skulls and low^er jaws. The 

 more important animals rei)resented are two species of bears, two 

 species of a large extinct peccary, a wolverine, a badger, a martin, 

 two porcupines, a woodchuck, and the .\merican eland-like antelope. 



