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telligent interest in scientific matters. The wonderful results in the 

 recovery of vast numbers of splendid specimens representing the 

 Pleistocene fauna of California, is most remarkable. The researches of 

 Professor Merriam, now being followed up by the work of Dr. Daggett 

 and his associates, will reveal the life which existed in Pleistocene times 

 upon the Pacific coast in a manner unparalleled by any similar work. 

 The number of species of mammals and birds preserved in these 

 asphalt beds is astonishingly large, and we impatiently wait for the 

 publications, which are in course of preparation, and which will give in 

 detail an account of the discoveries made. 



From Los Angeles the Director proceeded to Utah, where he viewed 

 the Carnegie Quarry near Jensen, spending some time with Mr. 

 Douglass going over the work which has been accomplished during 

 the past year or more. The result in many respects has been very 

 gratifying, resulting in the recovery of specimens representing many 

 species which lived in Jurassic time, and which in perfection are not 

 surpassed, and in fact are not equaled by those obtained by any other 

 institution in existence. The old sand-bars here uncovered are almost 

 as rich in animal remains as are the pitch-beds at Rancho la Brea. 

 The creatures are of course wholly different, representing the Age of 

 Reptiles rather than the Age of Mammals and Birds. 



It is with sorrow that we record the death, on April 24, of Mr. William 

 H. Reed, the Curator of the Museum of the University of Wyoming. 

 Mr. Reed was born on June 9, 1848, near Hartford, Connecticut. In 

 his early boyhood the family removed to Michigan, and later to 

 Nebraska. In his early manhood, he resided for a time in Ohio, and 

 in the year 1880 married Miss Anna Clark of Milford Center in that 

 state. Later he returned to Wyoming, and becoming acquainted with 

 Professor Othniel C. Marsh, of Yale University, who was engaged in 

 investigating the Jurassic deposits near Conio Bluff on the line of the 

 Union Pacific Railway, was taken into the employment of Professor 

 Marsh, and continued to serve him for several years. He became 

 deeply interested, and secured for Professor Marsh a great deal of 

 valuable material. He was very successful as a prospector and col- 

 lector in the field. Subsequently he became associated with the late 

 Professor Wilbur C. Knight of the University of Wyoming, under 

 whom he worked as a preparator in paleontology. 



