﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I907 
  45 
  

  

  Perkinsville 
  swamp 
  and 
  }i 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  railroad 
  station 
  of 
  

   Portway. 
  This 
  swamp 
  is 
  a 
  nearly 
  equilateral 
  triangle 
  about 
  iJ/£ 
  

   miles 
  on 
  the 
  side. 
  It 
  occupies 
  a 
  shallow 
  depression 
  in 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  

   morainic 
  drift 
  of 
  unknown 
  depth 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Cohocton 
  

   valley 
  and 
  is 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  low 
  ridge 
  that 
  separates 
  

   the 
  drainage 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  Cohocton 
  river 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Cana- 
  

   seraga 
  creek. 
  It 
  has 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  1360 
  A. 
  T. 
  The 
  surface 
  layer 
  

   of 
  the 
  swamp 
  is 
  black 
  muck 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  6" 
  — 
  i', 
  beneath 
  which 
  

   is 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  nearly 
  white 
  marl 
  6" 
  — 
  6' 
  in 
  thickness. 
  The 
  bones 
  

   were 
  found 
  about 
  26 
  rods 
  from 
  the 
  highway 
  and 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  rods 
  from 
  

   the 
  north 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  soil 
  or 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  swamp. 
  In 
  digging 
  

   about 
  a 
  small 
  boulder 
  Mr 
  Morsch 
  came 
  upon 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  leg 
  

   bones 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton. 
  These 
  

   bones 
  lay 
  largely 
  in 
  their 
  natural 
  position 
  and 
  while 
  perhaps 
  the 
  

   numerical 
  two 
  thirds 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton 
  were 
  preserved, 
  the 
  more 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  bones 
  were 
  fragmentary 
  or 
  wanting. 
  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  

   of 
  the 
  excavation 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  all 
  four 
  legs 
  and 
  feet, 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  ribs 
  and 
  vertebrae, 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  shoulder 
  girdle 
  and 
  

   one 
  ramus 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  with 
  teeth 
  had 
  been 
  recovered. 
  The 
  

   skull 
  with 
  tusks, 
  greater 
  parts 
  of 
  pelvis 
  and 
  scapulae 
  were 
  gone. 
  

   It 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  animal 
  in 
  sinking 
  into 
  the 
  mire 
  had 
  been 
  

   left 
  with 
  the 
  more 
  protuberant 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  the 
  head 
  

   probably 
  thrown 
  up 
  and 
  back, 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  air 
  and 
  inviting 
  the 
  

   attack 
  of 
  rodents. 
  The 
  absence 
  of 
  these 
  parts 
  when 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  

   bones 
  had 
  so 
  compactly 
  kept 
  together, 
  left 
  little 
  likelihood 
  of 
  then 
  

   being 
  found 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  swamp. 
  The 
  preservation 
  oi 
  

   the 
  bones 
  recovered 
  was 
  excellent 
  for 
  mounting 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   regretted 
  that 
  the 
  specimen 
  just 
  missed 
  being 
  a 
  desirable 
  acquisition 
  

   to 
  a 
  scientific 
  museum. 
  

  

  1876. 
  Pike, 
  Wyoming 
  co. 
  [See 
  Report 
  Paleontologist, 
  190V 
  

   p. 
  932]. 
  I 
  append 
  here 
  some 
  additional 
  data 
  concerning 
  the 
  PiKe 
  

   skull 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  recently 
  published 
  account 
  [Guide 
  to 
  the 
  Gene- 
  

   see 
  Valley 
  Museum, 
  Letchworth 
  Park, 
  by 
  Henry 
  R. 
  Howland, 
  

   1907, 
  p. 
  5l- 
  

  

  These 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  mastodon 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1876 
  

   in 
  cutting 
  a 
  farm 
  land 
  ditch 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Charles 
  Dennis, 
  on 
  

   the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Pike, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  7 
  miles 
  from 
  

   Glen 
  Iris, 
  and 
  through 
  which 
  flows 
  the 
  Wiscoy 
  creek, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  The 
  tusks 
  were 
  fortunately 
  quite 
  

   perfect 
  and 
  with 
  them 
  were 
  found 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  skull, 
  some 
  verte- 
  

   brae 
  and 
  some 
  foot 
  bones. 
  In 
  order 
  that 
  these 
  remains 
  should 
  be 
  

   properly 
  preserved 
  they 
  were 
  at 
  once 
  purchased 
  by 
  Mr 
  Letchworth 
  

  

  