REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 1920-21 5 1 



four years before, the lower jaw of another individual had been 

 unearthed. An examination of the skeleton showed it to be, with 

 the exception of the famous Warren mastodon in the American 

 Museum, New York, the most complete so far found and it was 

 immediately acquired for the Museum. 



The bones were well preserved but in need of thorough cleaning 

 to permit application of protective coats of thin shellac. Con- 

 siderable labor was involved in removing adhering muck and marl 

 and applying the preservative. The separate bones were wrapped 

 and in some cases carefully reinforced by a light but strong frame- 

 work and packed in straw and excelsior. The collection filled twelve 

 large packing cases. 



Orange county has furnished thirty-one separate records of the 

 mastodon and seven of the eight skeletons found in the State which 

 were complete enough to warrant mounting. The labors of Charles 

 Wilson Peale in 1801 resulted in the recovery of sufficient material 

 to restore two skeletons, one of which was for a time exhibited in 

 the Baltimore Anatomical Museum. This skeleton was later dis- 

 articulated and sold to Doctor Warren of Boston and is now in 

 the American Museum, New York. The second Peale skeleton 

 was exhibited abroad and in various cities at home and finally 

 placed in the Peale Museum of Philadelphia. It is thought to have 

 been lost in the fire that destroyed the Philadelphia Museum. 



The famous Warren mastodon discovered in 1845 near Newburgh, 

 is a large and practically complete skeleton. It was the subject 

 of an elaborate memoir by Dr John Collins Warren and now stands 

 in the American Museum. 



A skeleton complete except for bones of the hind legs was exhumed 

 in 1874 at Otisville and secured for the Yale Museum by Prof. 

 0. C. Marsh. 



Bones found at Little Britain in 1879 formed the principal part 

 of the Whitfield skeleton at one time mounted at the American 

 Museum but later dismantled and sent to the Senckenburg Museum 

 in Germany. 



In 1899 a considerable number of bones were found on the farm 

 of F. W. Schaeffer near Newburgh. Restoration of missing parts 

 was made from other individuals, and the skeleton mounted for 

 the Brooklyn Museum. 



The Temple Hill specimen will stand in the State Museum and 

 form a notable addition to the already valuable series of mounted 

 skeletons. 



The only other mastodon skeleton from the State which has been 



