WARD’S NATURAL SCIENCE BULLETIN. 
6 
PALAEONTOLOGY. 
We have on hand at the present moment a 
LARGE AND UNUSUALLY RICH STORE of fine, perfect 
Fossils. We use great care to keep our stock 
free from all but perfect, distinct, well-preserved 
specimens. From these we offer — at the option 
of the purchaser — either individual specimens 
or we will make up, for any given sum, collec- 
tions representing either a particular age or all 
geological epochs. The richness and extent 
of our material give us unprecedented facilities 
for doing this. A few of the more noteworthy 
forms are — in the 
CAMBRIAN, numerous fine examples from 
Canada and Northern New York of that much- 
disputed fossil, Eozoon Canadense. Also good 
specimens of at least two species of the oldest 
British plant, Oldhamia. In the 
SILURIAN we offer among Foraminifera Re- 
ceptaculites from Illinois, and gigantic sponges 
of the genus Stromatopora from the Calciferous 
of New York. Among Crustacea, perfect speci- 
mens of Eurypterus and Trilobites. In the 
DEVONIAN, numerous fine specimens of the 
strange Bictyophyton from the Chemung Group, 
and the interesting supposed Lamellibranch 
Calceola, as well as Fishes of different genera from 
the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland. In the 
CARBONIFEROUS, fine leaf-impressions of 
many genera and species ( Pecopteris , Neuropteris, 
etc.), as well as roots and stems of these and 
other Cryptogams. Extensive series of Crinoidea 
from Burlington and Crawfordsville, and some 
noble examples of Melonites from the St. Louis 
Limestone. Also beautiful Archimedes. In the 
TRIAS, fine slabs of various size of the in- 
teresting Reptilian tracks ( Ichnites ) from the 
Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, first 
brought to the notice of scientists by Dr. Hitch- 
cock as “ Bird-tracks.” In the 
LIAS, large slabs of Crinoids (especially Pen- 
taerinus briareus and subangularis) from the cele- 
brated localities of Lyme Regis, England, and 
Boll, Wurtemberg; as also Saurian remains in 
every degree of perfection. Cephalopoda {Am- 
monites, Nautilus , Belemnites) in abundance. In 
the 
OOLITE, Insects, Crustaceans and Fish from 
the Lithographic Slates of Solenhofen. In the 
CRETACEOUS, handsome leaf -impressions of 
Angiosperms of the genera Sassafras, Platanus, 
Liquidambar, etc., from the Dakota Group of 
Kansas. Among Spongidse notably Chenendo- 
pora, Coeloptychium, and Ventriculites — the latter 
including the variety known by Buckland’s 
name of Paramoudra — chiefly from the Green- 
sand and Chalk of England and France. Like- 
wise Echinodermata {Micraster, Anancliytes, 
Galerites, Ooniaster, etc.) Also Lamellibranchs 
— Hippurites, Sphcerulites and the other singular 
forms composing Lamarck’s great family of 
Rudistes. In the 
TERTIARY, we have a large series of finely- 
preserved Mollusca from the Claiborne beds of 
Alabama, the Eocene beds (D’Orbigny’s Parisien) 
of the Paris Basin, and the Miocene deposits 
around Vienna. Nummulites from the Great 
Pyramid, and excellent specimens of the Echin- 
oderm Clypeaster Gizehensis from Gizeh, Egypt. 
Also, the interesting Crustacean Lobocarcinus 
from the Jobel Mokattam. In the 
QUATERNARY, numerous remains of Pro- 
boscideans '{E/ephas and Mastodon), consisting of 
bones and teeth, and including the skeleton of 
Mastodon giganteus found near Newburgh, N. Y., 
in 1879. Also, remains of the Great Cave Bear 
and Hyena; of the former a complete mounted 
skeleton, the only one (with the exception of 
that at Princeton) in this country; and several 
complete skeletons of the great struthious birds 
{Moa) of New Zealand. Finally, Corals and 
Shells from the raised beaches along the Red 
Sea. 
CASTS OF FOSSILS. 
In addition to the actual fossils from the dif- 
ferent geological periods, we still continue to 
furnish “Ward’s Casts of Celebrated Fos- 
sils.” These are copies — exact facsimiles in form 
and color — of both celebrated and typical fossil 
forms, from the British Museum, Jardin des 
Plantes, Vienna Museum, St. Petersburg Muse- 
um, and other noted cabinets of Europe and 
America. They were moulded in these institu- 
tions about fifteen years ago. As this method 
was the only one by which these treasures, illus- 
trating the early life on our planet, might be 
brought within the reach of American students 
for study on American soil, the enterprise was 
undertaken with a conviction of its utility to 
educational science, and with a confidence that 
the service would be appreciated. This confi- 
dence has not been disappointed. 
The call for these casts has been large, and is 
steadily increasing. Our highest institutions of 
science have been the first to recognize their 
value and secure their aid. The following insti- 
tutions are among those who have endorsed these 
casts in the most unmistakable manner by order 
ing from $1,000 to $3,000 worth: Smithsonian 
Institution, New York Geological Cabinet, Phila- 
delphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Boston Acad- 
emy of Natural History, University of Virginia, 
University of California, and twenty others. Con- 
siderable numbers have also been sent to the mu- 
seums of England, Austria, Bavaria, South 
America, India, New Zealand and Australia. 
We have made up three considerable suites or 
series of these casts, including in them severally, 
those forms which have proved to be of more 
particular attractiveness and interest for our 
lesser and our larger institutions. In this way 
three distinct Geological Cabinets have been 
compiled, but of different magnitude and scope. 
These comprise the 
COLLEGE SERIES 
of three hundred and thirty specimens. Many 
of the forms in this series are fossils of general 
celebrity, often possessing historical interest in 
connection with the growth of Palaeontology, and 
are referred to in every text-book on the subject; 
among them being such forms as the Neander- 
thal Skull, jtlie human skeleton from Guadaloupe, 
the Glyptodon and Dinotherium , the Dodo, the 
Plerodaciyle, and other forms too numerous to 
detail here, but which will be found fully de- 
scribed in the special catalogue accompanying 
the series. The fact need only be mentioned here 
that of the great Zoblogical Province of the Ver- 
tebrata alone, there are included the remains of 
SO genera and 98 species, many of these colossal 
forms. This entire collection, securely packed, 
is offered at $1,000. Descriptive catalogue, price 
seventy-five cents. 
ACADEMY SERIES 
contains the more important forms of the pre- 
ceding series, amounting in all to 170 specimens. 
As compared with the other, the Vertebrata con- 
sist of 52 genera and 60 species. This series 
will be furnished for $300. Descriptive cata- 
logue, price, 30 cts. To make the collection 
more imposing and attractive, we have an addi 
tion to it in the way of a supplement containing 
three noted large forms — Glyptodon, Diprotodon 
and Mastodon — which will be added to the series 
for a further sum of $200. * 
SCHOOL SERIES. 
A carefully chosen series, giving a well-pro- 
portioned exhibit of all the classes, is adapted 
especially for union schools, and offered at a 
price within their reach. There are in all sev- 
enty-six specimens, which will be delivered at 
railroad, for $175. Descriptive catalogue, 20c. 
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY. 
In this de- 
partment we 
have an ex- 
tensive and 
varied assort- 
ment of ma- 
terial, com- 
prising arti- 
cles of dress, 
tools, weap- 
ons, utensils, 
etc., of his- 
toric and pre- 
historic races. 
DANISH 
stone and 
bronze imple- 
ments, and 
pottery in 
large number and great variety of form. Articles 
of various kinds of the SWISS LAKE DWELL- 
ERS, together with models of their habitations. 
Implements and fac similes of bone carvings 
from the French troglodyte caves. 
Pottery, carved images and stone implements 
of the Aborigines of the United States, Mexico 
and Central America, and models of the CAYE 
TOWNS of Colorado and New Mexico, and the 
Animal Mounds of Wisconsin, 
POTTERY, CLOTHS, MUMMIES, etc., from 
Peruvian graves; mummies (human and animal) 
and coffins from the mummy-pits of Egypt. 
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Prof. Ward writes that he has obtained from 
an Island in Western Japan ‘ the largest and 
finest Crystals— single and grouped— of AN- 
TIMONY GLANCE (Stibnite), which I have 
ever seen in any Museum.” We expect these 
along in about a month. 
