xiv NORTH AMERICAN INDEX FOSSILS. 



Plcistocenic 792 



Eastern Canada and New England, 792. Western Canada, 793. 

 Arctic Region, 793. Atlantic and Appalachian Region, 793. 

 Northern Mississippi Valley, 794. Gulf Region, 794. Rocky 

 Mountains and Great Basin, 795. Pacific Region, 795. Mexico 

 and Central America, 795. North America, General, 796. 



All Systems 796 



Eastern Canada, 796. Western Canada, 796. Arctic Region, 

 796. Appalachian and Atlantic, 796. Northern Mississippi 

 Valley, 797. Gulf Region, 798. Rocky Mountains and Great 

 Basin, 798. Pacific Region, 800. Mexico and Central 

 America, 801. North America, General, 801. 



Appendix D. Hints for Collecting and Preparing Fossil 



InvertebRx\tes 803 



A. Outfit for Collecting 803 



(a) Collecting Bag, 803. (b) Hammer, 803. (c) Chisel, 803. 

 (d) Lens, 804. (e) Note-book and Pencil, 804. (/) Colored 

 Pencils, 804. (g) Labels, 804. (/i) Wrapping Paper and 

 Twine, 804. (0 Boxes, Cotton Batting, etc., 804. 



B. Field Work 804 



(a) Collecting, 804. (b) Packing, 807. 



C. Laboratory Work 808 



(i) Numbering and Labelling of Fossils, 808. (2) Cleaning 

 Fossils, 808. (a) Mechanical Methods, 808. Washing Clay 

 for Microscopic Organisms, 811. (b) Chemical Methods, 812. 

 (3) Preservation of Fossils, 813, (4) Making Artificial Casts 

 from Natural Molds, 814. (5) Preparation of thin Sections, 

 816. (6) Coating of Fossils to Bring out Detail and for Photo- 

 graphing, 818. 



Literature 819 



Appendix E. Glossary and General Index 820 



Index of Genera, Volumes I and II 858 



Index of Species, Volumes I and II 870 



