DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY 
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England. The antlers of this animal have a spread of seven 
feet, and its height was nearly eight feet. (Hall 60.) 
Another remarkable nearly complete skeleton shown (Hall 
61) is that of Castoroides, a beaver-like animal much larger 
than the modern beaver. The skeleton shown is the most nearly 
complete one known of an individual of this size. Remains of 
the animal are very scarce. In the same case several large ex- 
tinct mammals are represented by casts. These representations 
include : Skull of Diprotodon, an extinct member of the kan- 
garoo family, skull of Toxodon, a short-legged and cumbrous 
quadruped from South America, skull and forelegs of Sivathe- 
rium, a gigantic four-horned antelope from India, and skull of 
Zeuglodon, an extinct whale. In the next case remains of the 
huge extinct birds peculiar to New Zealand are shown. The 
specimens include a complete skeleton of Dinornis and several 
groups of leg bones which rival in size those of a horse. The 
eggs of these birds, remarkable for their great size, are illus- 
trated by casts. An excellent skull of the cave bear is shown in 
an adjoining case, also a human skull from a cave in the island 
of Crete. This skull is covered with a stalagmitic deposit show- 
ing it to be very ancient. 
Hall 62. 
METEORITES. 
The collection of meteorites includes representatives of 
about 300 distinct “falls” or “finds,” the specimens of which have 
an aggregate weight of 8,533 pounds (3,873 kilograms). These 
are grouped in three classes, viz.. Stone meteorites. Iron-stone 
meteorites, and Iron meteorites. Under each of these divi- 
sions the specimens are placed in chronological order, and labels 
show the locality, date of fall or find, and weight of each speci- 
men. The specimens are in large part not the individual stones, 
but fragments of them, it being usual when a meteorite falls or 
is found, to break it up and distribute the pieces among museums 
and collectors in order to provide material for study. 
In the five large cases occupying the floor of the hall are 
shown some meteorites of exceptional size and importance. Of 
these, the iron meteorite of Quinn Canyon, Nevada, is the larg- 
est, weighing nearly two tons (3,275 lbs.). It is also remarkable 
for the symmetry of its form which is that of a cone and is due 
