NO. 3 



SMITHSONIAN I':Xl'r,0KAT10\S. Kjic; 



41 



l)ri;m and Triassic fonnatioiis on the (Juakcrtown and Dovlcslown 

 (|uadran,i;k's. which he to ihc oast of the Keadini;. 



A I)rief visit was made to a newly discovered cave near Lurich, 

 N'irs^inia, where the cave niarhle was reported to he of economic im- 

 portance. This view ])rove(l to he nnjnstilied, l)Ut some nnusnal 

 stalactitic formations were found, two s])ecinK'ns of which were 

 obtained for the Museum collections. 



(;i<:()i.()(;ic.\i. siM':riMi-:NS i'kom ni'.w zi'",.Ai..\Nn 



I'y an arran^emenl with I'rof, Joseph I', hidings, the Institution 

 was enahled to secure dui'in>j the vear, a numher of hoxes of rock 



I'll:. S.i— A typical i'uj^s^i'.s house at Toli Idli, C"(.'lol)Cs. 

 I'li()l()i4rai)li hy l-JaNcn. 



material and fossils from .\ew Zealand and Tahiti, where I'rof. 

 hidings was cnL^aj^ed in ^eo]oL;ical work during- I()i5. Tiiis material 

 is a valuahle addition to the .Museunrs collections for studv aiul 

 conij)arison. 



i':\iM'".i)rn()\' to p.okni-.o .axd ci':i.i':i5i':s 



Mr. 11. C". l\a\en's material from C'elehes alluded to in last year's 

 ex])loration ])am])hlet ' was receixed early in 11)15. It includes 4^^ 

 mammals, S7() hird.^, 50 re])tiles, and some miscellaneous specimens. 



' Smithsonian Misc. Coll., \'ol. 65, No. (>, i)|). -'3-25. 



