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3. Slegosauria Monograph. — Mr. F. W. 

 Lucas has completed a preliminary outline for 

 his memoir on the Stegosauria, covering prin- 

 cipally the materials preserved in the U. S. 

 National Museum. Mr. Lucas has succeeded 

 in bringing together materials for a corrected 

 restoration of Stegosaiiriis, which differs in 

 important particulars from the restoration by 

 Professor Marsh. It is understood that a 

 model of the animal is in preparation for the 

 St. Louis Exposition. 



4. Sauropoda Monograph. — The first steps 

 in the preparation of this monograph by Pro- 

 fessor Osborn have been taken in the collection 

 of additional material, especially in the Como 

 region of Wyoming, where a deposit, unex- 

 ampled for richness, has been explored and 

 surveyed under his direction during the past 

 six years. Explorations and studies by Messrs. 

 J. B. Hatcher and E. S. Riggs have also 

 greatly enriched our knowledge of these 

 gigantic reptiles. Two entirely new forms of 

 sauropoda have been discovered, and our 

 knowledge of the forms already known has 

 been extended, so that there is reason to hope 

 that the monograph will contain a complete 

 presentation of the skeleton of several of the 

 known genera of these animals. 



The exact stratigraphie work on the Jurassic 

 was begun in the year 1001-2 and was pro- 

 vided for by an appropriation, but unfortu- 

 nately has been interrupted by the inability of 

 Dr. F. B. Loomis, of Amherst College, to sur- 

 vey the chief section at Caiion City owing to 

 other duties. His sections of the Como re- 

 gion and the Black Hills region have, however, 

 been completed and published by the American 

 Museum of Natural Historj-. Professor Eber- 

 hard Fraas, of Stuttgart, is also engaged in 

 the study of the notes and collections made 

 with Professor Osborn in the Jurassic, dur- 

 ing l!t01-2. ITe reports that his detailed com- 

 parison with the European Jurassic is nearly 

 completed. 



5. Geological ResuUn in Previous Years. — 

 In the spring of 1901 Mr. Barnum Brown 

 accompanied Professor Lester F. Ward on a 

 short trip into the Lower Trias of Arizona, 

 and secured a number of valuable vertebrate 

 remains, especially of the Phytosauria and 



Labyriuthodontia, among the latter the genus 

 Metupias, which was found for the first time 

 in this country. This collection is in the 

 National Museum. 



In 1902 Mr. N. H. Darton of the Survey 

 aecompauied by Mr. J. B. Hatcher and Pro- 

 fessor Eberhard Fraas visited the Titano- 

 Iherium beds of South Dakota with reference 

 to the establishment of the geological levels 

 of the various species. Mr. Hatcher was able 

 to confirm and greatly extend his previous 

 obsiTvatioiis in connection with the Survey, 

 finally establishing the stratigraphie succes- 

 sion of the greater number of the species of 

 Titanotheres. 



6. Progress of Vertehrate Paleontology in 

 America. — This branch of science covers such 

 a broad field, and the collections made by ex- 

 plorations in the west are so extensive and are 

 nmltiplying so rapidly, that it is gratifying 

 to report that the number of specialists en- 

 gaged in the field, in museums and in research 

 work, has rapidl.v increased, there being now 

 u])wards of twenty-five workers. A division 

 of subjects and the friendly cooperation of 

 different institutions have been brought about. 

 Some of these researches, esiiecially those of 

 Prof. S. W. Williston on the pleiosaurs, are on 

 so large a scale that their publication should 

 be undertaken by the government. H. F. O. 



Ht'lESTlUa X0TE8 AXD SEWS. 



Dr. G. W. Hill, of Nyack, N. Y., has been 

 elected a corresponding member in the section 

 of astronomy of the Paris .\cademy of Sci- 

 ences. 



The Nobel prizes, each of the value of about 

 $40,000, were awarded in Christiania, on De- 

 cember 10. The jirize in physics was divided 

 between il. Becquerel and M. and Mme. Curie, 

 of Paris. The prize in chemistry was awarded 

 to Professor Arrhcnius, of Stockholm ; the 

 prize in medicine to Dr. Finsen, of Copen- 

 hagen, and the prize in literature to Dr. 

 Bjornstjemo Bjomsen, of Christiania. The 

 formal distribution of the prizes took place 

 in the presence of the King and several 

 members of the royal family and a distin- 

 guished gathering. A program of music 

 was iierformed and the usual speeches de- 



