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A skull of Elotherium and other vertebrate fossils from the Had 

 Lands of Dakota, gift of Dr. J. R. Walker, of the Pine Ridge Agencj . 



A fairly complete skeleton of an adult female mastodon, obtained 

 by purchase and excavating, from near Church, Michigan. 



One hundred and fifty Carboniferous and Permian fossil plants from 

 Kansas, received in exchange from the University of Kansas, through 

 Mr. E. H. Sellards, of Lawrence, Kansas. 



One hundred and seventy-three fossil plants of the Middle and 

 Upper Oligocene, Middle and Upper Miocene, and Upper Pliocene 

 of Germany, received in exchange from the Museum Senckenberg 

 National Scientific Society, of Frankfort, through Dr. F. Kinkelin, of 

 Frankfort-on-Main, Germany. 



Thirty-three fossil plants from the Triassic of York County. Penn- 

 sylvania, received in exchange from Prof. A. Wanner, superintendent 

 of public instruction, of York, Pennsylvania. 



One hundred and twenty-five specimens of fossil plants from Fern 

 Ledges, St. John, New Brunswick — the W. J. Wilson collection — gift 

 of Mr. R. D. Lacoe. 



Sixty-eight specimens of Devonian and sub-Carboniferous fossil 

 plants, part of the collection purchased from F. A. Randall, of War- 

 ren, Pennsylvania. 



The meteorite collection has beenincreased by purchase and exchange 

 more than during any previous period of like duration within the 

 history of the Museum. The most important accession was a stony 

 meteorite which fell near Felix, Alabama, in May, 1900. and which was 

 obtained for the Museum mainly through the efforts of Mr. Coleman. 

 This stone, weighing 2,049 grams, is of more than ordinary interest 

 and has been made the subject of special study. In addition, there were 

 obtained by purchase a fine slab weighing 4,420 grams of the Sacra- 

 mento iron; a 38-gram fragment of the Agen stone, which fell in 181 I: 

 a 31-gram fragment of the Zavid stone, which fell in August, 1897, 

 and 490 grams of a stony meteorite from Ness County. Kansas. By 

 exchange there were obtained a 3,103-gram piece of tin 1 second-find 

 Fayette County stone; a 98-gram piece of the celebrated Carbona- 

 ceous Orgueil stone, which fell in 1864; 620 grams of the Bjurbole 

 stone of 1899; 10 grains of the Lance stone of 1872, and 45 grams of 

 the Misshof stone of 1890. 



SOURCES <)1" NEW MATERIAL. 



As in years past, the U.S. Geological Survey has been the principal 

 contributor to the collection, though, as noted al>o\ e, several valuable 

 specimens have been obtained by purchase and exchange. 



In August. 1900, M r. Frederic A. Lucas, in search <>!' mastodon remains 

 for the Pan- American Exposition, visited several reported finds of I tones 

 near Munroe, New York, Kimmswick, Missouri, and Culver, Indiana. 



