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1)6 found in the Montana tiekl. Although isohited individuals were 

 frequently found, all had the liones of the skeleton disarranged and 

 scattered. 



All accessihle collecting territory having hecn covered hy July 15, 

 the fossils were packed in 13 boxes weighing together 5250 pounds 

 and shipped to the Museum. Although disappointing in that it did 

 not contain one articulated skeleton suitable for exhibition, the collec- 

 tion made is most imjiortant scientifically. (3ne if not two of the 

 specimens are new to science, and others will contribute materially 

 to a better understanding of the skeletal anatomy of the genera to 



Fig. 7. — Fossil-bean'n.s; exposures alons the Two Aledicine River, Blackfcet 

 Indian Reservation, Montana. (Photograph by G. F. Sternberg.) 



wdiich the\' pertain. The collection as a whole will make a decided 

 contribution to our knowledge of the meagerly known fauna of the 

 Two Medicine formation, and will enable it to be comprehensively 

 compared with the faunas of other Upper Cretaceous faunas both to 

 the north and south. Practically all of the specimens obtained are new 

 to the National collections and fill gaps of long standing. 



Upon the completion of the work in northern Montana, I proceeded 

 to Bear Creek, a coal-mining camp in the southern part of the State, 

 to investigate the practicability of securing- a collection of Paleocene 

 mammals, whose remains occur here in the Eagle coal mine. The 

 attention of the Museum officials had been directed to this locality 



