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sciences in which he has laboured with original thoughts and 
important additions to knowledge. In Comparative Anatomy and 
Paleontology his researches are based on profound knowledge of the 
structure of existing animals ; while in some departments of Zoology 
and Field-Geology his labours would have commanded more than 
respect were they not eclipsed by immense and varied work among 
the fossil vertebrata. 
Following out the work begun by Leidy, Professor Cope laboured 
successfully at the Reptiles in the Greensand of New Jersey, and in 
1866 made known the remarkable genus Lelaps. Subsequently, in 
1870, he published a synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia 
of North America, including many new types, especially among 
Plesiosaurs, Pythonomorpha, and Dinosaurs. Subsequently, when 
Professor Cope became Paleontologist to the United States’ Geological 
Survey of the Territories, he published from time to time, in the 
‘ Bulletins’ and ‘ Reports,’ descriptions of many of the more remark- 
able fishes, reptilia, and mammals discovered in Wyoming, Montana, 
Colorado, and other regions of the far west. Some of these researches 
on Cretaceous Reptiles and Fishes have since been issued by the 
United States Government in a sumptuous quarto volume; while 
a no less important work on the Paleontology of New Mexico is 
devoted chiefly to the Tertiary Mammalia. Professor Cope’s labours 
in these fields of work are familiar to every geologist ; and I rejoice 
that we are able to offer him this evidence of the esteem and admi- 
ration in which his researches are held by the Geological Society. 
Professor SrrLry said it was a peculiar pleasure to him to receive 
this award on behalf of Professor Cope; for no naturalist of our 
time had more felt and shown the importance of profound know- 
ledge of living animals and their structures in the interpretation of 
fossils. He believed there was every reason to anticipate that 
Prof. Cope’s labours in time to come would be no less important 
than in the past; and it was pleasing to know that one who had 
accomplished so much still pursued his studies as a student, that he 
might increase the value of his comparative work. Prof. Seeley was 
sure Prof. Cope would value this medal highly, since it expressed 
the admiration which the Geological Society felt for his labours, 
though Prof. Cope had found it reward enough to have contributed 
something to the sciences to which he had devoted his life. 
In handing to Prof. Bonney, F.R.S., F.G.S., the balance of the 
proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund, for transmission to Mr. 
Samvrt Axtrort, F.G.S., the PresipEnr said :— 
Professor Bonnzy,— 
The medals and other awards have been given this year to 
eminent field-geologists or paleontologists, but to Mr. Allport for 
subjects which claim my own very particular sympathy, since the 
