NO. I 



SMITHSOXIAX KXTLOKATIOXS, I919 



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bedded in a fine sandstone. An idea of the amount of ])ainstakinQ' 

 work in\-()lved in the collection, ]irei)arati()n and mounting' of such a 

 larije fossil skeleton may be i^ained by the fact that after the bones 

 were collected and freed from the enclosini^ sandstone, 258 workins;" 

 days were spent in restorini^" the missino; parts, posing- the skeleton 

 and makini;" and titting' the supporting iron work. 



The National Museum has now the distinction of having the larg- 

 est existing collection of Titanothere remains. The specimens were 



I-'k;. 22. — The Rhinoceros-like mammal fh-itiitntluriuiii luilchcri mounted 

 in the laboratory of vertebrate iJaleoiUolo^N . I'lioto.i^rapli bv Bassler. 



i)rouglit together by the late j. I'.. 1 latchcr. working under the direc- 

 tion of Trof. O. C. Marsh, at that time I "niti'd States rale((nt()l()gist. 

 and it i-^ pet-nliarl\' fitting that tlu- only skeleton (dni])lelc tuough tor 

 mounting should pertain to the species nanied in his honor. 



.\mong other im])ortant investigations in tlu- mannnalian division 

 (jf the vear is a study by Mr. (iidley of the iVccarie^ of the (umber- 

 land ( ave deposit. This includes the description of three new 

 species, the redi-finilion of the rieislocene s])ecies hitherto described. 



