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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  success 
  attended 
  the 
  work, 
  the 
  collections 
  being 
  sufficient 
  in 
  scope 
  

   to 
  be 
  fairly 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  formation. 
  The 
  mate- 
  

   rial 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  important 
  addition 
  to 
  our 
  series, 
  in 
  which 
  

   practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  found 
  were 
  previously 
  unrepresented. 
  

   Scientifically 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  interest, 
  not 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  

   found, 
  but 
  for 
  its 
  decided 
  contribution 
  to 
  the 
  meager 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   the 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  formation, 
  placing 
  this 
  on 
  a 
  basis 
  that 
  will 
  permit 
  

   of 
  its 
  comprehensive 
  comparison 
  with 
  other 
  Upper 
  Cretaceous 
  

   formations 
  of 
  contiguous 
  areas. 
  

  

  Upon 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  work 
  Mr. 
  Gilmore 
  visited 
  the 
  Bear 
  

   Creek 
  Coal 
  Field 
  in 
  southern 
  Montana 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  securing 
  

   some 
  of. 
  the 
  Paleocene 
  mammal 
  remains 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  Eagle 
  Mine 
  

   at 
  that 
  place. 
  Lack 
  of 
  time 
  prevented 
  search 
  being 
  made 
  for 
  these 
  

   minute 
  fossils 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  but 
  400 
  pounds 
  of 
  the 
  fossil-bearing 
  

   matrix 
  were 
  boxed 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  early 
  spring 
  of 
  1929 
  work 
  was 
  again 
  taken 
  up 
  at 
  Mel- 
  

   bourne, 
  Fla., 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Gidley, 
  in 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  project 
  

   relative 
  to 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  early 
  man 
  in 
  Florida. 
  About 
  six 
  weeks 
  

   were 
  spent 
  in 
  this 
  work, 
  for 
  which 
  generous 
  financial 
  assistance 
  was 
  

   furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Childs 
  Frick. 
  Again 
  important 
  evidence 
  was 
  

   gathered 
  indicating 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  man 
  in 
  Florida 
  contemporaneous 
  

   with 
  an 
  extinct 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Pleistocene, 
  while 
  the 
  mammal 
  remains 
  

   obtained 
  will 
  be 
  useful 
  in 
  determining 
  the 
  exact 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  Pleisto- 
  

   cene 
  represented 
  — 
  a 
  still 
  unsettled 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  problem 
  under 
  

   investigation. 
  In 
  this 
  connection 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  that 
  assistance 
  

   is 
  being 
  rendered 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Thomas 
  Barbour, 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   parative 
  Zoology, 
  in 
  continuing 
  collecting 
  activities 
  in 
  this 
  area. 
  The 
  

   material 
  thus 
  obtained 
  is 
  being 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  Doctor 
  

   Gidley 
  for 
  study. 
  

  

  Almost 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  Doctor 
  Gidley 
  was 
  detailed 
  

   to 
  visit 
  fossil-bearing 
  beds 
  discovered 
  by 
  a 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  

   Survey 
  party 
  at 
  points 
  in 
  Idaho. 
  Since 
  operations 
  had 
  hardly 
  

   begun 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  a 
  statement 
  regarding 
  them 
  will 
  go 
  

   over 
  until 
  next 
  year. 
  

  

  In 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  of 
  Yale 
  University, 
  

   Mr. 
  N. 
  H. 
  Boss 
  was 
  detailed 
  late 
  in 
  March, 
  1929, 
  to 
  engage 
  in 
  further 
  

   exploration 
  of 
  a 
  cave 
  in 
  New 
  Mexico 
  where 
  a 
  giant 
  ground 
  sloth 
  was 
  

   found 
  last 
  year, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  search 
  other 
  similar 
  caves 
  in 
  the 
  region. 
  

   Following 
  these 
  operations, 
  Mr. 
  Boss 
  joined 
  Mr. 
  Gilmore 
  in 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   pedition 
  to 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  Basin, 
  N. 
  Mex,, 
  to 
  collect 
  dinosaur 
  and 
  

   other 
  vertebrate 
  remains. 
  As 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  expected 
  to 
  continue 
  into 
  

   the 
  next 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  no 
  detailed 
  report 
  on 
  either 
  expedition 
  will 
  be 
  

   given 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  

  

  