MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 29 



REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE 



PALEONTOLOGY. 



By Charles R. Eastman. 



Since the date of the last Report, the Assistant has spent sev- 

 eral months in Europe studying the palaeontological collections of 

 the principal museums, and making extensive purchases of fossil 

 vertebrates, in particular Palaeozoic and Eocene fishes, for this 

 department. The Eocene material includes an especially fine 

 suite of specimens from Monte Bolca, Italy, brought together by 

 the Marchese di Canossa of Verona, and first offered to this 

 Museum for sale in its entirety. Our representation of fossil 

 fishes from the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland, and from the 

 Devonian of other countries, has also been considerably aug- 

 mented. All of the material mentioned in the last Report as 

 having been borrowed for study has been returned to the Museum 

 in good condition. 



Additions to the Collection during the Year. 



1902. Teeth, vertebrae, calcified cartilage and shagreen of a single 

 individual of Corax from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas. Pur- 

 chased of C. H. Sternberg. Received August 3. 



1902. Cast of the s.ymplrysial dentition of Helicoprion bessonowi 

 Karp., from the Lower Permian of Russia. Presented by Dr. A. 

 Karpinsky. Received August 6. 



1903. A varied assortment of fossil fishes from the Lower Devonian 

 of Scotland and from the Lias of England. Purchased of R. Damon, 

 Weymouth, England. Received January 12. 



1903. Fossil fishes from various European horizons and localities. 

 Purchased of Dr. F. Krantz, Bonn, Germany. Received March. 



