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PALEONTOLOGY, VOL. III. 



For this volume, thirteen pUtes of fossils have been engraved and printed. 

 Of the fossils figured on these plates, one hundred and three (103) are copied 

 from specimens placed in the cases. There are also eleven fossils in the 

 hands of the engraver. 



In addition to these, there have been placed in the cases over six hundred 

 (600) specimens of rare and valuable fossils from the following formations, 

 viz : Tentaculite limestone, Pentamerus galeatus limestone, Delthyris shaly 

 limestone. Upper Pentamerus limestone, Orishany sandstone, Schoharie grit, 

 Onondaga limestone, Corniferous limestone, Marcellus shale, and Hamilton 

 group. Many of these specimens are unique, and the most of them perfect. 

 The majority of them will be figured and described in volumes 3 and 4 of 

 the Palaeontology. 



Materials belongmg to the State, which have been used in publishing 

 the JVatural Histoi'y and the Annual Reports of the Regents of 

 the University, received into the geological rooms since the first 

 day of January 1852. . 



The WOODGTJTS which were used in the Eeport of the Regents of the University 

 on the State Cabinet of Natural History for the year 1851. 



The Woodcuts which were used in the Report of the Regents on the State 

 Cabinet for the year 1852. 



Six Woodcuts of Parhelia, which were used in the Annual Report of the 

 Regents for the year 1852. 



Materials belonging to the State, which are intended to be used in 

 completing the publication of the JVatural History, received into 

 the geological rooms since the first day of January 1852. 



department of paleontology. 



Received, April 27, 1852, of John E. Gavit, three thousand printed im- 

 pressions each, from Plates 19, 54, 56, 60, 55, 57 and 39 (seven plates), for the 

 second volume of the Palasontology . 



Received, May 4, 1852, of Richard H. Pease, Steel Plates No9. 40, 40 e, 

 23 and 58, for the second volunae of Hai^l's Palseontology. 



