TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Pago. 



Introductory letter XI 



Part I. Palaeontology, by F. B. Meek 1 



Introductory remarks 3 



Descriptions of fossils — Silurian species 17 



Devonian species 25 



Carboniferous species 50 



Triassic species 90 



Jurassic species 130 



Cretaceous species 140 



FREsn AND Brackish WATER species. 103 



Tertiary species 182 



Part II. Paleontology, by James Hall and E. P. Whitfield . 198 



General remarks 199 



Fossils of the Potsdam 205 



Lower Silurian 232 



Devonian 246 



Waverly 251 



Lower Carboniferous 265 



Coal-Measures and PermoCarboniferous 273 



Triassic . . 280 



J urassic 284 



Part III. Ornithology, by Robert Ridgway 303 



Table of contents 305 



Letter op tra.ns-viission 307 



Description of the route 309 



Physical features of the Great Basin 313 



Local Avifauna 310 



Description of camps ... 328 



General remarks on the Basin Avifaun^e . 377 



Catalogue of species 386 



Biographical section 391 



Index to Part I 645 



Index to Part II 649 



Index to Part III . . 052 



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