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pottery from Missouri and Arkansas, the larger part of 

 which are ornamented with representations of the 

 human face or the figures of animals. From Califor- 

 nia there are 60 ollas or spherical stone pots, 120 stone 

 mortars, 100 serpentine dishes of elegant finish, and 

 over 40 pipes. The chipped implements of that coast 

 excel in the delicacy of finish the finest ones found in 

 Denmark. 



Mr. Andrew E. Douglass has also made a very im- 

 portant deposit of specimens, mostly from the mounds 

 of Florida. 



In the Geological department, commencing with 

 the Chemung group, the arrangement of the specimens 

 for exhibition, and the selection of duplicate material 

 has been completed for the palaeontological collections, 

 and there are now on exhibition in the upper hall the 

 following series : 



Selected Types and Figured 



Specimens. Specimens. 



Prof. James Hall's Collections. — American 76,011 5,579 



" " —European 3,878 5 



" F. S. Holmes' Collection 3,930 203 



Miscellaneous Collections. — American 2,339 



" — European 2,432 



Total on Exhibition 88,590 5,787 



Loaned to Prof. Hall ... . 843 843 



Total Palasontological Specimens selected for Exhi- 

 bition in the Museum 89,433 6,630 



Other specimens have been loaned to Professor Hall 

 for the continuation of his scientific work, some of 

 which will probably be figured, making the total of 

 types and figured specimens nearly or quite seven 

 thousand. The duplicate fossils selected from the Hall 



