To THE HONORABLE THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 

 THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: 



Gentlemen : 



I have the honor to transmit herewith the Palceontological Report 

 of the College Scientific Expedition of 1877. 



The fossils collected by the Palceontological party, and deposited by the 

 chief of the expedition in the Geological Museum, consisted of two sets, one 

 numbering some two thousand specimens of fossil plants and insects from 

 the tertiary beds of Central Colorado, the other of a considerable series of 

 fossil vertebrates, mostly mammals, from the tertiary beds of Wyoming 

 Territory, around Fort Bridger. This last collection has been studied and 

 worked out with unabated zeal and diligence by the three post-graduate 

 members of the Palceontological party, Messrs. H. Osborn, W. Scott, and 

 F. Speir, who devoted most of the time of their course to this special work, 

 with what success this Report will show. 



It will be a source of gratification to the generous friends of the Col- 

 lege, who furnished means for the Scientific Expedition of 1877, that it not 

 only enriched our Museum to so great an extent, but did more still by 

 fostering in our College a thorough study of Paleontology, which could 

 not have been undertaken without such means as these thus placed at the 

 disposal of our students. 



The fossil insects and plants have been intrusted to the hands of the 

 best specialists for determination. Dr. S. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass., 

 has kindly consented to revise the insects, Prof. G. L. Lequereux the plants. 



Very Respectfiilly, 



A. GUYOT, 



Director of the E. M. Museum of Geology and Archceology. 



