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vertebrates, and includes a number of large characteristic American animals, 

 such as the Kodiak bear, glacier bear, Alaskan moose, white sheep, musk 

 ox, "West Indian seal, the condor, bald eagle, boa constrictor, alligator, 

 Galapagos turtle, various large fishes, etc. Many of the specimens were 

 obtained especially for this purpose, andall are exceptionally well prepared. 



The Department of Geology is represented by a systematic collection of 

 minerals, comprising 735 specimens; collections illustrating cave deposits. 

 concretionary structures, hot springs and geyser deposits, silicified woods, 

 and the rocks and soils of the Hawaiian Islands; a small case of native 

 elements; a collection of 450 specimens illustrating the development and 

 classification of the cephalopod mollusks, and a synoptic collection of cri- 

 noids, including about 300 specimens; a mounted skeleton of the gigantic 

 toothed diver, Hesperornis regain, from the Cretaceous of Kansas; a life- 

 size restoration of the skeleton of the Cretaceous reptile, Tria ratopsprorsus, 

 from the Cretaceous of Wyoming, and a life-size restoration of Zeuglodon 

 from the Tertiary of Alabama. In addition there are two cases of bones 

 of the mammoth from Indian Territory and Missouri. 



Library, — The additions to the library during the year numbered 1,038 

 books, 2,261 pamphlets, and 8,968 parts of periodicals. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Richard Rathbun, 



Assistant s, cretary. 



Mi. S. P. Langley, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



August 1, 1901. 



