CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE E. M. MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY AND 

 ARCHEOLOGY OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY. 



The E. M. Museum of Geology and Archaeology at Princeton College con- 

 tains not only an ample collection of specimens for college instruction, but 

 also a large amount of material for more advanced study in the shape of 

 fossils new to science, mainly collected by the college scientific expeditions 

 of 1877 and 1878. 



It has seemed desirable for the advancement of science, as well as in 

 justice to the palseontologists and biologists connected with the Museum, 

 that the results of their studies should be placed in a permanent and suita- 

 ble form before the scientific public. 



It is, therefore, no small gratification to the Director of the Museum to 

 be enabled to enlarge the system of publication begun by the bulletins in 

 1878, under the auspices of the Museum. 



The mode of publication will be the same as that adopted by most of the 

 Scientific Institutions, viz. : bulletins in octavo for advanced work and minor 

 notices, and memoirs in quarto for later and more mature researches. 



The contributions will be based chiefly upon the study of the palaeontologi- 

 cal and geological collections made by the past, and those which may be made 

 by the future scientific expeditions from the college. The other portions of the 

 collections, however, contain a considerable amount of new material, both in fossil 

 botany and zoology, for study and publication. 



Biological and Geological Memoirs, as well as communications on the Era 

 of Pre-historic man, will be embraced in the field of research covered by the 

 publications of the Museum. 



A. GUYOT. 

 Director of the E. M. Museum. 



Princeton, New Jersey, 

 July 10, i88i. 



