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sand specimens. Among the more valuable collections from this source is an exten- 

 sive series of Cambrian brachiopotls, determmed by Mr. C. D. "Walcott, and certain 

 specimens of Lower Cretaceous fossils, figured in Bulletin No. 151 of the Survey. 

 An important collection of fossils from the Cincinnati group, consisting of about 

 4,000 specimens and including many pelecypods, was obtained by purchase. Three 

 valuable series of Post-PUocene corals were received in exchange from the Geologi- 

 cal ]\Iuseum, Leyden; the University IMuseum of Natural History, Turin, and the 

 British ^Museum of Natural History, respectively. Valuable specimens of Upper 

 Carboniferous fossils from Texas were acquired by purchase. About 900 Carbonif- 

 erous fossils, collectefl by Messrs. Taff and Richardson in Indian Territory, were 

 acquired from the Geological Survey. These have been described by i\Ir. David 

 White in the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Survey, which was in press at the 

 close of the year. Mr. R. D. Lacoe has made substantial additions to the collections 

 which bear his name, 30 boxes of Carboniferous plants having recently been 

 received from him. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, transmitted a small series of 

 teeth of Paleozoic sharks. Mr. A. B. Baker collected some fossil fishes in Kansas. 

 A collection of skulls of mammals of the White River Miocene formation, obtained by 

 Mr. N. H. Darton, was received from the Geological Survey. Fossils of this formation 

 had not previously been discovered in the locality from which these were obtained. 

 A skull of a new species of bear {Ursus procerws) was purchased, and a fine skull of a 

 species of Jlydracodon was presented by Mr. A. W. Barber, Washington, District of 

 Columbia. 



Eighty-eight specimens from different localities were received from the Geological 

 Survey by the Division of Minerals. This collection includes specimens of cesium, 

 beryl, bixbyite (anew mineral), tysonite, a fine series of endlichite, specimens of 

 minium, tourmaline, chrysoberyl, martite, and wolframite. A specimen of parisite 

 from Missoula County, ^lontana, was presented by Mr. F. D. Smith, through the 

 U. S. Geological Survey. Mr. George F. Kunz, of Tiffany & Co., New York City, 

 presented a specimen of prosopite, a rare mineral. Six specimens of roscoelite on 

 auriferous quartz from Eldorado, California, were presented by Mr. G. W. Kimble, 

 through the U. S. Geological Survey. Five specimens of native arsenic (crystallized) 

 and specimens of topaz and rhodochrosite from Japan were presented by K. Kato, 

 of Tokyo. Two specimens of the new mineral, wellsite, and other material were 

 transmitted by Mr. J. II. Pratt, of Chapelhill, North Carolina. Dr. L. T. Cham- 

 berlain presented to the Smithsonian Institution, for addition to the Lea collection, 

 two cut sapphires from Yogo Gulch, ^lontana, and an opal; also 21 cut sapphires of 

 assorted colors, 2 garnets (var. rhodolite), and 1 specimen of citrine quartz (cut). 

 Four cut opals were purchased from Messrs. Tiffany & Co. 



A series of rocks illusti-ating the Pre-Cambrian geology of the Lake Superior 

 region was received from the Geological Survey. This material was obtained by ]Mr. 

 C. R. Van Hise. Geological material from Italy and Sicily was acquired by pur- 

 chase. Mr. Charles Burdett Hart, minister of the United States to Colombia, pre- 

 sented to the Smithsonian Institution specimens of ores from the Zancudo mines, 

 near ]Medellin, Colombia. Specimens of jointed sandstones from the Black Hills of 

 South Dakota, transmitted to the Geological Survey by Mr. N. H. Darton, Wash- 

 ington, District of Columbia, were transferred to the Museum. From Mr. James D. 

 Husted, Kansas City, Kansas, 3 slabs of onyx marble were received. The late 

 Prof. 0. C. iMarsh presented a series of 19 polished spheres of Japanese breccia. 



Foreign exchanges. — Important exchanges were arranged with the following estab- 

 Ushments and iudi\-iduals: The British Museum, London, England; the Museum 

 of Natural History, Paris, France; the Geological-Paleontological Institute, Munich, 

 Germany; the Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa; the Rijks Ethnographic 

 Museum, Leyden, Holland; the Public Gardens and Plantations, Botanical Depart- 

 ment, Kingston, Jamaica; the Museum Michoacana, 3Iorelia, Mexico; the Albany 



