26 FOSSIL MASTODON AND MAMMOTH REMAINS. 



washout in a small creek. Above the washout a bed of white allu- 

 vial clay is overlain by gravels. In which of these the teeth oc- 

 curred is impossible to say. The teeth are in the museum of Cor- 

 nell College. 



(Iowa Geological Survey, Vol. XIII, p. 377.) 



Clarence. Two small molars of a mammoth, in nearly perfect 

 state of preservation, were found in or on the Kansan drift in a 

 shallow creek six miles south of Clarence, and were presented to 

 the Museum of Cornell College. The grinding surface of the teeth 



is slightly worn. 



(Reported by Prof. Norton, Cornell College.) 



CLINTON COUNTY. 



Clinton. The Davenport Academy of Science contains a mam- 

 moth tooth which was found near Clinton and donated to the 



Museum by Mr. Thomas J. Frasier. 



(Information from label on specimen.) 



Clinton. The Chicago Academy of Science contains: 



a) The whole tusk of a mammoth, in poor state of preserva- 

 tion, which was found near Clinton in Iowa. 



b) One molar of a mammoth, in good condition, also found 

 near Clinton and presented to the Museum by J. J. W. Foster. 



(Both instances reported by Frank C. Baker, Curator, Chicago Acad- 

 emy of Science.) 



DAVIS COUNTY. 



Floris. "In 1862 I found in the Des Moines river, near Floris, 

 two mastodon teeth, one weighing fourteen and the other four 



pounds." 



(Reported by Justus M. T. Myers, Fort Madison.) 



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FAYETTE COUNTY. 



Clermont. Mr. C. E. Allen, of West Union, has a mastodon 

 tooth, which was found in the gravel pit near Clermont. 



(Reported by Assistant State Geologist T. E. Savage.) 



