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sissippi, and fifteen miscellaneous lots were sent from private 

 sources to the museum. 



The F. W. Taylor collection, consisting of rare minerals 

 and fossils from the vicinity of Lake Valley, New Mexico, was 

 acquired in 1885, and the Jordan series of cretaceous fossils in 

 1889. During the latter year also C. D. Walcott collected 

 and presented to the museum a large series of Lower Cam- 

 brian fossils from Conception Bay, Newfoundland. 



A few selections from the collections of vertebrate fossils 

 were made by the United States Geological Survey, under 

 direction of O. C. Marsh, and placed in the United States 

 National Museum in 1893. These included some specimens 

 of Dinosauria of the Laramie formation of the family Agath- 

 aumidae ; skulls of Menodontidae from the White River beds ; 

 skulls and bones from the Loup Fork beds of rhinoceroses of 

 the genus Aphelops. When these collections are placed in 

 the museum, the vertebrata of America will be as well repre- 

 sented as in any museum in the world. 



In 1895 a valuable collection of remains of Zeuglodon was 

 made by Charles Schuchert, and work on this material is now 

 in progress. 



