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size, complete except for the tusks and a few of the phalanges, 

 and is in a remarkably perfect state of preservation. Other 

 valuable specimens in the Warren Collection are a mastodon 

 skull and jaws, a skeleton of Zeuglodon, a series of dinosaur 

 footprints and a series of casts of European fossil mammals. 



Another noteworthy gift was the skeleton of the race-horse 

 " Sysonby," presented to the Museum by Mr. James R. Keene. 



During the summer three parties were sent into the field 

 under the direction of Professor Osborn. One, immediately 

 in charge of Mr. Barnum Brown, continued exploration in the 

 Hell Creek region of Montana and yielded several important 

 fossil reptiles, including a skeleton and several fragments of 

 the "Duck-bill" Dinosaur, Claosaurus. A second expedition, 

 in charge of Mr. Walter Granger, worked in the Bridger 

 country of southwestern Wyoming, where a valuable collection 

 (197 specimens in all) of the remains of rare mammals from 

 the Eocene formations was obtained. The third party was in 

 charge of Mr. Albert Thomson, and explored, with good 

 results, the fossil beds in the Pine Ridge Reservation of 

 South Dakota. Among the finds were skulls or parts of skele- 

 tons of fossil carnivores, rodents, peccaries, camels, rhinoce- 

 roses and horses, and a complete skeleton and about fifty 

 skulls of primitive ruminants, nearly all of which are new to 

 science. 



Several important scientific papers, mentioned in another 

 part of this report, have been published by the Curator 

 and the members of his staff, and others are nearly ready 

 for publication. 



Under the skilful direction of Dr. Dean excellent progress 

 has been made in the arrangement, exhibition and develop- 

 ment of our collections of Fossil Fishes, which, at the present 

 time, number 7,890 specimens. 



Through the generous gift of Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge it 

 has been possible to purchase several valuable specimens and 

 to take up important field work. 



Dr. Hussakof and Mr. Charles Mead visited the fossil 

 beds along Scaumenac Bay, Quebec, and secured about 200 

 specimens of fishes. 



