﻿34 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  also 
  contains 
  incomplete 
  skulls 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  skeletons 
  of 
  the 
  

   rare 
  Arsinoitherium. 
  Professor 
  Osborn's 
  work 
  was 
  greatly 
  

   facilitated 
  by 
  the 
  Egyptian 
  Government, 
  through 
  Lord 
  

   Cromer 
  and 
  Captain 
  H. 
  G. 
  Lyons, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Survey 
  of 
  

   Egypt, 
  and 
  the 
  courtesies 
  extended 
  are 
  gratefully 
  acknowl- 
  

   edged. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  S. 
  Quackenbush 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  

   Alaska 
  to 
  search 
  for 
  mammoth 
  remains. 
  He 
  collected 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  material 
  and 
  secured 
  data 
  of 
  importance 
  in 
  carrying 
  

   out 
  future 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  This 
  expedition 
  was 
  made 
  

   possible 
  through 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Percy 
  R. 
  Pyne 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  J. 
  Pierpont 
  Morgan, 
  Jr. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  expedition 
  was 
  to 
  the 
  fossil 
  beds 
  of 
  South 
  

   Dakota 
  and 
  Wyoming, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  Thomson, 
  and 
  

   was 
  aided 
  through 
  subscriptions 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  K. 
  Sturgis 
  

   and 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  Curtiss 
  James. 
  An 
  interesting 
  collection 
  was 
  

   obtained. 
  

  

  Noteworthy 
  acquisitions, 
  through 
  gift 
  and 
  purchase, 
  are 
  a 
  

   remarkably 
  fine 
  skeleton 
  of 
  an 
  Ichthyosaurus, 
  with 
  the 
  fins 
  and 
  

   tail 
  well 
  preserved 
  and 
  showing 
  the 
  outlines 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  

   a 
  skeleton 
  of 
  Hesperornis, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  toothed 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cretaceous 
  Period. 
  A 
  fossil 
  horse 
  from 
  the 
  Lower 
  Miocene 
  

   has 
  been 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  K. 
  Sturgis. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  unusual 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  

   exhibition 
  hall, 
  the 
  Curator 
  and 
  his 
  staff 
  have 
  devoted 
  consid- 
  

   erable 
  time 
  to 
  research. 
  

  

  EXTINCT 
  FISHES. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  Professor 
  Bashford 
  Dean, 
  

   assisted 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Louis 
  Hussakof, 
  this 
  collection 
  is 
  rapidly 
  

   growing 
  in 
  scientific 
  importance 
  and 
  is 
  attracting 
  increasing 
  

   public 
  interest. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  a 
  fund 
  subscribed 
  annually 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cleve- 
  

   land 
  H. 
  Dodge, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  and 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  field 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  exhibition 
  collection 
  of 
  fossil 
  fishes 
  has 
  been 
  rearranged 
  

   and 
  new 
  material 
  added, 
  including 
  colored 
  casts 
  representing 
  

  

  