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unavailable for any use whatever ; and also to the very extensive 

 accumulation of corals remaining in the same condition. 



In order to a better appreciation of the work already done in 

 Volume VII, and that now in progress for Volume VIII, this report 

 is accompanied by : 



1. A synoptical table of the contents of Vol. VII, and of Vol- 

 ume V, pt. ii, supplement. 



2. A list of the type specimens of the Devonian Crustacea in 

 possession of the State Museum. 



3. A statement regarding the work done and collections made 

 for the illustration of Volume VIII, Palaeontology of New York. 



4. A classified list of the Palaeozoic genera of Brachiopoda. 



5. A list of the microscopic sections of Brachiopoda. 



6. A list of the preparation of the loops, crura and spires, etc. 



7. A list of the plates of the Brachiopoda showing the present 

 condition as regards the drawing and lithography. 



8. A list of fossils known to occur in the Oriskany sandstone of 

 Maryland, New York and Ontario, Canada ; with an indication of 

 their geological range. 



In addition to the above, and following the report proper, I have 

 communicated 



9. A paper entitled Descriptions and Illustrations of the Fenes- 

 tellidae and other Bryozoa, continued from the Eeport of the 

 State Geologist for the year 1887, illustrated by plates xvi, 

 xvii, xviii and xix. 



10. A paper on the Genus Bronteus in the Chemung rocks of New 

 York, and another giving 



11. A list of the species constituting the known fauna and flora 

 of the Marcellus epoch in the State of New York, by J. M. 

 Clarke; also 



12. A paper on the Hercynian Question, being a brief review of 

 its development and present status, with some remarks upon its 

 relations to the current classification of American Palaeozoic 

 Faunas, by J. M. Clarke. 



13. A paper on a locality of flint implements in Wyoming county, 

 N. Y., with diagram, by Prof. I. P. Bishop, of the State Normal 

 and Training School, at Buffalo, N. Y. 



14. A catalogue of the specimens forming the representation of 

 the Taconic System, as originally arranged by Prof. E. Emmons 

 in the State Cabinet of Natural History in 1843 and published in 



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