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  C. 
  F. 
  Beecher 
  — 
  Conrad? 
  s 
  Types 
  of 
  Syrian 
  Fossils. 
  

  

  Aet. 
  XYT. 
  — 
  Conrad's 
  Types 
  of 
  Syrian 
  Fossils 
  / 
  by 
  C. 
  E. 
  

  

  Beechee. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  official 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Expedition 
  to 
  the 
  

   Dead 
  Sea 
  and 
  the 
  River 
  Jordan, 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Lynch, 
  U. 
  S. 
  !N"., 
  

   published 
  in 
  1852,* 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  chapter 
  (pp. 
  209-229) 
  by 
  T- 
  A. 
  

   Conrad, 
  containing 
  a 
  " 
  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Fossils 
  of 
  Syria 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  in 
  the 
  Palestine 
  Expedition," 
  accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  appen- 
  

   dix 
  (pp. 
  230-235) 
  and 
  illustrated 
  by 
  thirty 
  lithographic 
  plates. 
  

  

  It 
  appears 
  from 
  the 
  context 
  that 
  the 
  collections 
  studied 
  

   by 
  Conrad 
  were 
  from 
  three 
  separate 
  sources 
  : 
  (1) 
  Material 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Anderson, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  

   the 
  Lynch 
  expedition 
  ; 
  (2) 
  specimens 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Friends 
  

   of 
  Missions, 
  a 
  society 
  in 
  Cincinnati, 
  Ohio 
  ; 
  and 
  (3) 
  specimens 
  

   loaned 
  by 
  Professor 
  Silliman 
  from 
  the 
  Geological 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  

   Yale 
  College. 
  

  

  Professor 
  P. 
  P. 
  Whitfield 
  in 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  Syrian 
  fossils, 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  1891, 
  f 
  makes 
  the 
  following 
  statement 
  regarding 
  these 
  

   collections 
  (1. 
  c, 
  p. 
  383, 
  footnote): 
  "I 
  have 
  made 
  every 
  reason- 
  

   able 
  effort 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  originals 
  of 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  A. 
  Conrad's 
  species 
  

   described 
  in 
  the 
  Official 
  Kept, 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Exped. 
  to 
  the 
  

   Dead 
  Sea 
  and 
  Piver 
  Jordan, 
  under 
  Lieut. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Lynch, 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  identification 
  and 
  comparison 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  verifi- 
  

   cation 
  ; 
  they 
  seem, 
  however, 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  entirely 
  lost 
  sight 
  

   of, 
  as 
  inquiries 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  societies 
  and 
  persons 
  having 
  

   charge 
  of 
  collections, 
  where 
  they 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  deposited, 
  

   have 
  entirely 
  failed 
  to 
  bring 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  light." 
  

  

  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  some 
  scientific 
  importance 
  to 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  announce 
  in 
  this 
  notice, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  

   unpacking, 
  classification, 
  and 
  redistributing 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Geological 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Yale 
  University 
  

   Museum, 
  now 
  in 
  progress, 
  a 
  box 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  containing 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  Conrad's 
  types 
  of 
  Syrian 
  fossils. 
  The 
  box 
  label 
  

   reads 
  : 
  " 
  Fossils 
  of 
  Palestine 
  described 
  in 
  Lt. 
  Lynch's 
  Report 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Anderson, 
  Sept. 
  1852." 
  The 
  specimen 
  labels 
  are 
  writ- 
  

   ten 
  in 
  Conrad's 
  handwriting 
  and 
  have 
  torn 
  edges, 
  a 
  method 
  of 
  

   labelling 
  quite 
  characteristic 
  of 
  that 
  author. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  define 
  clearly 
  the 
  precise 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  

   as 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  types, 
  the 
  terminology 
  proposed 
  by 
  SchuchertJ 
  

  

  * 
  Official 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Expedition 
  to 
  explore 
  the 
  Dead 
  Sea 
  and 
  

   the 
  Eiver 
  Jordan. 
  By 
  Lieut. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Lynch, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  4to, 
  pp. 
  236, 
  plates 
  1-22 
  

   and 
  1-8 
  in 
  Appendix. 
  Baltimore, 
  1852. 
  

  

  f 
  Observations 
  on 
  some 
  Cretaeeous 
  Fossils 
  from 
  the 
  Beyrut 
  District 
  of 
  Syria, 
  in 
  

   the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  with 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  

   Some 
  New 
  Species. 
  By 
  E. 
  P. 
  Whitfield. 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History, 
  vol. 
  hi, 
  No. 
  2. 
  1891. 
  

  

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  is 
  a 
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