HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 
Ichthyosaur 
Skeletons. 
Exchange 
Collections. 
Miscellaneous 
Gifts and 
Purchases. 
Value of 
Collections. 
Cretaceous fish, Portheus, and of the toothed bird Hesperornis. 
Their aggregate cost is $5,787. 
Ninth, a skeleton of Ichthyosaurus with the outlines of the body 
preserved, from Holzmaden, Wurttemberg, purchased for $1,000 and 
presented by Mrs. Jesup in 1908. Three other fine skeletons of the 
same species have also been purchased. 
Tenth, specimens and collections of fossil vertebrates received in 
exchange from various European and other foreign museums in 1896 
to 1909, notably those of London, Paris, Munich, Stuttgart, Tubingen. 
Basle, Leipzig, Darmstadt, Lyons, Christiania, Bucharest, Buenos 
Ayres, Adelaide, and in the United States with the Yale, Princeton, 
University of Kansas, University of California, and other museums. 
The most important fossils received in this way are skeletons of Ich- 
thyosaurus (with seven young), Pterodactylus, Ophthalmosaurus, Crypto- 
clidus, saber-tooth tiger, giant wolf, and casts of skeletons of Hippidium, 
Macrauchenia, Halitherium, etc. Estimated value, $6,000. 
In addition to these collections are miscellaneous minor gifts and 
purchases of an aggregate value of probably $5,000. 
The aggregate cost of the collections in this department, not in- 
cluding the cost of preparation, is as follows, so far as obtainable 
from the records of the Department: 
Field expeditions $110,000 
32,000 
20,000 
- 10,000 
Whitney Collections (including preparation) 15,000 
Warren Collection 30,000 
Sternberg Collections 5,787 
Exchange Collections 6,000 
Miscellaneous 5 qqq 
$233,787 
If to these should be added the cost of preparation of the speci- 
mens (which has in past years been largely carried on endo^vment 
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