38 A NOTICE OF THE 



Dr. T. B. Wilson, lie made a donation of the collection deposited 

 by the late Mr. R. C. Taylor, in August, 1845. 



The Taylor collection was designed to illustrate the principal 

 English formations. The specimens, about 4,000 in number, 

 were selected by Mr. Taylor, with great care, from their re- 

 spective localities, during a period of twenty-five years, com- 

 mencing in 1805. 



In 1841, additions were made by Dr. Engelman, Dr. Morton, 

 Mr. Ashmead, Prof. Johnson, and others. In 1842, the prin- 

 cipal donations were received from Mr. Joseph Brano, and Mr. 

 G. R. Gliddon ; and in 1843, from Dr. John Locke, Mr. J. 

 Hamilton Couper, and others. 



In 1845, fossils were presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson, Mr. Ed- 

 ward Harris, Mr. Julius S. Taylor, Mr. J. Tremper, Peter A. 

 Browne, Esq., Prof. R. W. Gibbes ; a collection made at Cape 

 La Heve, by Mr. Chas. A. Lesueur, and a collection made on 

 the Sivalik Hills, by Capt. T. B. Cautley, of the Bengal army. 



In 1846, besides those above mentioned from Mr. Wetherill and 

 Dr. T. B. Wilson, collections were presented by Mr. Pancoast, 

 and Mr. Lewis Germain. 



In 1847, Mr. T. Conrad presented about 2,000 specimens, from 

 the miocene of France, the eocene, cretaceous, oolitic, mountain 

 limestone, and silurian formations of England and France. Mr. 

 R. C. Taylor presented an extensive collection of very large and 

 beautiful specimens of the coal plants of Pennsylvania, besides 

 other fossils. Dr. F. Roemer presented fossils from the green 

 sand of Germany ; and Mr. W. A. Pease, a collection of the 

 silurian fossils of New York. Numerous specimens of coal 

 plants were received from Prof. W. R. Johnson, and various fos- 

 sils from other- sources. Dr. Wilson deposited five very nearly 

 perfect skeletons of fossil saurians of the lias formation ; they 

 embrace one species of plesiosaurus, three species of ichthyosauri, 

 and the teleosaurus, or Gavial de Boll. 



In 1848, the Honorable Court of Directors of the East India 

 Company presented 124 casts of fossils from the Sivalik Hills, 

 representing 36 species of 25 genera of mammals ; 1 species of 

 bird ; 5 species of 4 genera of reptiles, and 1 species of fish. 

 A fine cast of the cranium of the Sivatherium giganteum was 

 received from Dr. Thomas Horsfield, Curator of the East India 



