444 J. W. Gregory — Visit to Continental Museums. 



The two most important collections in the Museum are those of 

 Barrande and Sternberg. The latter is supplemented by a number 

 of Feistmantel's types. 



There is a small series of fossils from the minute patch of lime- 

 stone that represents the Jurassic system in Bohemia. The 

 Cretaceous collection is of course much more extensive ; the originals 

 of Dr. A. Fric's memoirs on the Crustacea of the Bohemian chalk are 

 mostly preserved here, including his Loricula pulcliella, var. gigas, the 

 finest of the known fossil Cirripedia. The Museum also contains 

 many of the types of Dr. Novak's admirable memoirs on the 

 Bohemian Cretaceous Echinoidea and Bryozoa. 



The second Museum at Prag is that of the German University 

 (Naturwissenschaftliches Institut in Weinberg Gasse), of which the 

 geological department is under the care of Prof. Dr. G. C. Laube. 

 The collection, though not large, is one that well repays a visit, as 

 it contains many types, as, e.g. of the Cretaceous Crustacea, which 

 supplement the series in the National Museum. Most of the 

 originals described in Laube and Bruder's work on the Ammonites 

 of the Bohemian Kreide are to be seen here. 



There is yet a third collection, of which Prof. Dr. 0. Novak is the 

 curator, at the Bohemian University. 



Vienna. 



In the Austrian capital there are three geological collections each 

 of the first importance, those of the Hof Museum, of the University, 

 and of the k. k. Geologisches Beichsanstalt. The first of these is a 

 palatial edifice in the Ringstrasse, and is probably the finest museum 

 building on the Continent. The geological department is under the 

 care of Dr. Fuchs, who has as his assistants Dr. E. Kittl and Dr. K. 

 Wahner. The arrangement of the department is at once both 

 instructive and interesting. The fossils are grouped stratigraphically 

 in table cases : in wall cases around the rooms are collections of the 

 rocks of the same formations, and above are views showing how they 

 occur in the field. Thus the student of the fauna of any horizon can 

 easily refer to the series of sedimentary rocks which illustrate the 

 physical conditions of the period, while the pictures above show the 

 beds in their typical development in the Austrian Empire. For 

 example, above the Miocene rocks is a view of the great quarry of 

 Margarethen in the Leithagebirge, and over the Jurassic is one of 

 Csorsztyn in Galicia illustrating the Carpathian "Klippen." 



The palasontological collection is not yet fully arranged, but 

 by the courtesy of Dr. Fuchs it is all available for reference. It 

 includes a fine series of Bohemian and Leithakalk fossils, and of 

 those from the Tertiary of the Vienna Basin ; many of the best of 

 Laube's types from the St. Cassian Schichten are to be found here. 

 The foreign collections are extremely rich, and they include those 

 made during the voyage of the " Novara " and the types of Laube's 

 Echinoids from the Murray River beds, the most important historical 

 collection of Australian fossil Echinodermata. The plant collections 

 are especially extensive. The department also includes a most 



