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1871. Quimby Collection. A large series of fossil Vertebrates from 

 the Red Crag of England. 



1871. Schultze Collection. An exceedingly valuable collection of 

 Devonian fossils, chiefly from the Eifel District. Purchased of Dr. L. S. 

 Schultze. 



1871. St. John Collection. Fossil Fishes from the Sub-Carboniferous 

 of Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. 



1871. Von Cotta Collection. Fossil Fishes from the Harz Mountains 

 and Bohemia. Presented. 



The collections obtained from 1875 to the present time were 

 purchased by Mr. Agassiz. 



1875. Boylston Hall Collection. Mastodon remains. Deposited by 

 Harvard College. 



1875. Sladen Collection. A small but interesting series of English 

 Carboniferous Fishes. Exchange with W. Percy Sladen, Esq. 



1878. A collection of casts purchased from H. A. Ward. 



1879. Dyer Collection. A very large collection, but consisting chiefly 

 of Invertebrates, from the Cincinnati Group. Purchased. 



1879. Gebbard Collection. Walcott Collection. Contain mostly In- 

 vertebrates. Purchased. 



1880. Bird Collection. Chiefly Invertebrates, but some Fishes, from 

 the Cretaceous of Mt. Lebanon. Purchased of Rev. Wm. Bird. 



1880. First Garman Collection. Vertebrates from the Bad Lands. 

 Purchased. 



1881. Second Garman Collection. Vertebrates from the Bad Lands. 

 Purchased. 



1881. Day Collection. Mostly Invertebrates from the Niagara Lime- 

 stone of Wisconsin. Collected by Rev. F. H. Day. Purchased. 



1881. First Sternberg Collection. Vertebrates from the Cretaceous 

 of Western Kansas. Purchased. 



1881. Taylor Collection. Mostly Invertebrates from the Silurian of 

 New York. Purchased of Prof. G. W. Taylor. 



1882. Third Garman Collection. Vertebrates from the Western 

 States. Purchased. 



1882. Second Sternberg Collection. Vertebrates from the Permian 

 of Texas. Purchased. 



1882. Damon Collection. Fossil Fishes from the Devonian of Scot- 

 land, Carboniferous Limestone of Ireland, and Cretaceous of Mt. Lebanon. 

 Purchased. 



1882. Haeberlein Collection. A magnificent collection of Vertebrate 

 and Invertebrate fossils from ,the Lithographic Slates of Solenhofen and 

 Kelheim, Bavaria. First instalment received in 1882; second in March, 

 1883. Purchased of Ernst Haeberlein, of Pappenheim, Bavaria. 



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