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M . celer, with the view of borrowing them for 

 examination. Dr. Eaton, with great kindness, 

 at once interested himself in the matter, and 

 wrote me (April 20, 1912) that "We have a wise 

 rule forbidding us to lend type material, but 1 

 shall be glad to ask Professor Schuchert to make 

 an exception in your favor." In due time 

 Prof. Charles Schuchert, then curator of the 

 Geological Department of the Peabody Mu- 

 seum of Natural History of Yale University, 

 wrote me on the subject (May 2, 1912), and 

 with marked courtesy granted the request 

 made of him by Dr. Eaton, and forwarded me 

 the type specimen of Marsh of M. antiqua and 

 M. celer by registered mail. They were received 

 on the 3rd of May, 1912, and I made negatives 

 of the two specimens on the same day. It 

 affords me pleasure to thank both Professor 

 Schuchert and Dr. Eaton here for the unusual 

 privilege I enjoyed, through their assistance, in 

 the loan of these specimens; 1 also Dr. James E. 



iUpon examining this material after it came into my hands, I found 

 first, in a small tube closed with a cork, the distal end of the right hum- 

 erus of some large bird. The cork was marked on the side, "Type," on 

 top "Mel. antiquus. G. Ranch. Col. G. B. G. August 6, 1870." The 

 specimen is pure white, thoroughly fossilized, and imperfect. The 



