36 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



other advantages may be derived from tentative arrangements with 

 some western collectors who have spent the present summer in 

 the field. 



Additions to the Collection during the Year. 



1899. Four specimens of Palceospondylus gunni, Traq., from the Old 

 Red Sandstone of Caithness, Scotland. Purchased. 



1899. Teeth of Diplodus, Ptyctodus, and other Devonian fishes, from 

 near Elmhurst, Illinois (described in Jour. Geol., Vol. VII. No. 5, 1899). 

 Presented by Dr. Stuart Weller, of Chicago University. 



1899. Kinnear collection. A number of representative specimens of 

 fossil fishes from the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland, collected by William 

 T. Kinnear, of Forss, by Thurso. Purchased. 



1899. Type-specimen of Gallinuloides wyomiyigensis, and a complete 

 example of Lepidosteus atrox^ 1.65 m. long, from the Green River shales 

 of Wyoming (described in Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. XXXVI. Nos. 

 3 and 4, 1900). Purchased. 



1899. Casts of Devonian Arthrodires from Bohemia. Presented by 

 Dr. Anton Fritsch, of Prague. 



1899. Jaw-bones, femur, vertebra?, and horn of fossil musk-ox, obtained 

 at a depth of 43 feet below the surface in a fluviatile deposit near Ram- 

 part City, Alaska. Collected and presented by George M. Reed, of Wal- 

 tham, Mass. 



Papers published during the Year. 



Plastiline, a new Modelling Compound. Science, Vol. IX., p. 211. 

 Feb. 10, 1899. 



Jurassic Fishes from Black Hills of South Dakota. Bull. Geol. Soc. 

 Amer., Vol. X., p. 397, pi. 45-48. December, 1899. 



On new Bird and Fish-remains from the Eocene of Wyoming. Geol. 

 Mag. [4], Vol. VII., p. 54, pi. 4. February, 1900. 



The Devonian " Lamprey," Palceospondylus Gunni, Traq. By Bash- 

 ford Dean [Review of]. Journ. Geol., Vol. VIII., p. 286. May, 1900. 



Devonische Fischreste aus der Eifel. By F. v. Huene [Review of]. 

 Amer. Geol., Vol. XXV., p. 391. June, 1900. 



Ueber neue devonische Fischreste aus der Eifel. Centralblatt fur 

 Mineral. June, 1900. p. 177-178. 



Karpinsky's Genus Helicoprion. A Review. Amer. Nat., Vol. 

 XXXIV., p. 579. July, 1900. 



Fossil Lepidosteids from the Green River Shales of Wyoming. Bull. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. XXXVI., No. 3. August, 1900. 



