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 tlie 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.) 



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.) 



