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from occurring, this material should he described und fully 

 figured. Science should awake to this fact, and, if her multi- 

 millionaire patrons desire to know of a field that stands in need 

 of a Httle financing, this is most assuredly the one, or, at least, 

 one of them. 



I stand foi" the detailed description of large groups of verte- 

 brates, amply illustrated, made thoroughly comparative, and 

 based on abundant material. Few as there aie who recognize 

 it, it is nevertheless the new order of things in osteology, and 

 the field is open for more workers. 



Of one skeleton we, at least, have perfect knowledge, and 

 that is our own, and for the very reasons that I now advocate 

 in this article, we are now ready for some formal work in the 

 other vertebrate groups. , 



Printed 19. March 1912. 



