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CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



VOLUME Xn. NO. I. 



Editorial Notes 



Last June a proposal made by the Alabama Museum of Natural 

 History to undertake a thorough exploration of the Tertiary deposits 

 of Alabama and adjoining states in conjunction with the Carnegie 

 Museum, was received and accepted. It is not necessary here to out- 

 line the details of the arrangement entered into by the two institutions. 

 The field work was, however, to be in charge of Mr. Herbert H. Smith. 

 Mr. Smith is a veteran collector, who enjoys an international repu- 

 tation as probably one of the ablest and most painstaking field- 

 naturalists of our day. The work has been begun and most grati- 

 fying results are already reported. A number of localities, which 

 hitherto have not been carefully investigated, prove to be very rich in 

 specimens and species, some of which no doubt are new to science. 

 They represent horizons from which up to the present time but very 

 scanty collections have been made. Certain of the beds in Alabama 

 have been quite thoroughly worked in times past and the faunules 

 contained in them are known; but other horizons have been more or 

 less neglected. While not overlooking such well-known deposits as 

 the Claiborne, the joint expedition of the Carnegie Museum and the 

 Alabama Museum of Natural History will devote much time to the 

 investigation of those deposits which have as yet been only partially 

 studied. It is hoped that by thus cooperating the two institutions 

 may add considerably to the knowledge gained of the faunas of this 

 most interesting geological region. 



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