﻿Kepoet 
  oe 
  the 
  Dieectoe. 
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  Some 
  other 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Palseontologi- 
  

   cal 
  series, 
  mainly 
  from 
  the 
  materials 
  of 
  the 
  Gebhard 
  collection, 
  

   which 
  have 
  passed 
  under 
  review, 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  

   the 
  Palaeontology 
  of 
  N". 
  Y., 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  dupli- 
  

   cate 
  specimens 
  to 
  the 
  Institutions 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  as 
  provided 
  

   by 
  law. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  table-cases 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  Lithological 
  series, 
  fifty-one 
  

   species 
  of 
  fossils 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  carboniferous 
  limestone 
  from 
  

   Missouri, 
  Indiana 
  and 
  Illinois 
  have 
  been 
  arranged, 
  and 
  thirty 
  

   species 
  of 
  fossils 
  of 
  the 
  coal 
  measures, 
  mainly 
  from 
  Illinois 
  

   and 
  Kentucky. 
  These 
  are 
  temporarily 
  placed 
  here, 
  until 
  a 
  

   more 
  suitable 
  place 
  may 
  be 
  provided. 
  

  

  The 
  relabeling 
  of 
  the 
  Lithological 
  series, 
  with 
  the 
  identifi- 
  

   cation 
  and 
  designation 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  

   early 
  geological 
  survey 
  o± 
  the 
  state, 
  has 
  been 
  continued, 
  and 
  

   extended 
  over 
  the 
  new 
  red 
  sandstones, 
  drift 
  specimens, 
  sands, 
  

   clays, 
  marls, 
  peat 
  and 
  tufas. 
  There 
  now 
  remain 
  of 
  these 
  

   rocks, 
  to 
  be 
  relabeled 
  only 
  the 
  specimens 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   Trenton 
  group. 
  The 
  labeling 
  of 
  the 
  Laurentian 
  group 
  is 
  not 
  

   perfectly 
  satisfactory 
  and 
  will 
  need 
  to 
  be 
  revised. 
  

  

  The 
  material 
  of 
  the 
  quaternary 
  period, 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  

   wall-cases, 
  has 
  been 
  re-arranged 
  in 
  proper 
  grouping 
  and 
  

   order 
  of 
  succession. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  wall-cases 
  of 
  the 
  Helderberg 
  group, 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  

   among 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  others 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  an 
  unusually 
  large 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  JTavosites 
  conica 
  Hall, 
  and 
  several 
  large 
  fossili- 
  

   ferous 
  slabs 
  from 
  the 
  Gebhard 
  collection, 
  viz., 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  

   Upper 
  Pentamerus 
  Limestone, 
  five 
  of 
  Oriskany 
  Sandstone, 
  

   and 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  group. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  the 
  re-arranging 
  and 
  relabeling 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eocene 
  fossils 
  from 
  the 
  Paris 
  basin, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Eocene 
  and 
  Cretaceous 
  fossils, 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  progress 
  at 
  the 
  

   date 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  report, 
  has 
  been 
  completed 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  cases 
  containing 
  these, 
  a 
  small 
  collection 
  

   of 
  Post 
  Pleiocene 
  fossils 
  from 
  the 
  Champlain 
  Valley, 
  has 
  been 
  

   arranged 
  and 
  labeled. 
  

  

  Several 
  large 
  and 
  v*ery 
  fine 
  blocks 
  of 
  Calcite 
  from 
  the 
  Geb- 
  

   hard 
  collection, 
  satin-spar 
  and 
  other 
  cave-forms 
  have 
  been 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  mineralogical 
  collection. 
  

  

  