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The Tracy collection of Greensand fossils, from Cambridge, 

 England, has been sorted and distributed, and also the Blake 

 collection from Nevada and the Redmond collection from Sonora, 

 the two last-named being small, but very valuable, collections 

 presented some years since by Professor Whitney. 



The Sternberg collection, from Texas, has been sorted and dis- 

 tributed ; it fills 17 trays. 



Work has been begun by Mr. Brooks upon the distribution of 

 the Gebhard collection of Devonian and Silurian fossils from 

 Schoharie, N. Y. This had been unpacked and partly worked 

 up by Professor Hamlin. 



Almost all the work of sorting and distributing the collections 

 named above, except the Schary, was done by Mr. Brooks. 



The Dyer collection has been finished, by the aid of Mr. Jack- 

 son, so far as the sorting and distribution of the specimens are 

 concerned, and the labelling of the trays. It fills 376 trays. 



The Johnson collection of fossils of Wenlock Limestone has 

 been sorted, but not distributed. It fills 13|- trays. 



The Anticosti collection has been brought together by Mr. 

 Jackson, parts of it concentrated, and the trays labelled. It fills 

 212 trays. 



The collection of fossil Insects from the Jura, containing the 

 types of Von Heyden and of Dr. Hagen, were cleaned and re- 

 labelled by Mr. Brooks with great care, and the references to 

 descriptions entered on the labels. The Tertiary fossil Insects 

 were also placed in good condition by Mr. Brooks, but re- 

 quire critical work by some specialist in order to determine the 

 types. 



A considerable amount of material has been transferred to the 

 Students' collection ; to the rooms containing Vertebrate fossils, 

 etc. ; to the Geological Department ; and to the Peabody Museum. 

 One box of fossils was sent to Mr. C. D. Walcott for iden- 

 tification and study. 



The following fossils have also been received : — 

 A collection presented by Prof. N. S. Shaler, contained in 118 

 trays, and including, among others, some choice Sponges, a valu- 

 able set of Corniferous Corals from New York State, some fine 

 Trilobites, two Eurypterids, Walcott's types of Braintree fossils, 

 and a collection from Malvern and Woolhope, England. 



The Keeping collection of choice fossils from England, pur- 



