16 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 
others of similar character, giving a complete representation of the 
Kaskaskia crinoidal fauna, are being prepared for installation in the 
exhibition hall of the National Museum. 
FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE CUMBERLAND PLEISTOCENE 
CAWIS, IDIBIZOSIIT 
In May, 1913, Mr. J. W. Gidley, assistant curator of fossil mam- 
mals in the U. S. National Museum, made a second visit to the Pleis- 
tocene cave deposit near Cumberland, Maryland, which proved even 
Fic. 18.—Near view of part of excavation made near Cumberland, Maryland, 
by U. S. National Museum party. Photograph by Armbruster. 
more successful than the one of the previous year, reported in the 
account of the Smithsonian explorations of 1912. 
Many new forms were added to the collection, and much better 
material was obtained of several species represented only by jaw 
fragments in the first collection. The collection now contains upward 
of 300 specimens, representing at least 40 distinct species of mam- 
mals, many of which are now extinct. Among the better preserved 
specimens are several nearly complete skulls and lower jaws. The 
more important animals represented are two species of bears, two 
species of a large extinct peccary, a wolverine, a badger, a martin, 
two porcupines, a woodchuck, and the American eland-like antelope. 
