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8. The Cretaceous series has the same general characteristics 
as the Jurassic, namely, moderate in the series of Mollusca, hut 
rich in Brachiopods, and with some valuable Reptile bones 
(Iguanodon) from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. The 
Brachiopods number 300, and there are in all 760 cretaceous 
fossils. 
9. In the Tertiary groups the collections are of a general 
character, and require but little special reference. They 
amount to nearly 1,000 specimens, belonging to each of the 
subdivisions of the period. 
10. In the Quarternaries is a series of 186 specimens from 
the Scotch Drift, and a number of peat-stained bones from the 
neighbourhood of Richmond. 
It will readily be seen from the above account that- this 
collection is a most important and valuable addition to the 
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York Museum. Rarely, indeed, can it be the good fortune of 
any museum to receive so rich an accession to its treasures. 
All the specimens are well selected, and indeed the whole 
collection is marked by the discriminating hand of one who 
greatly loved good specimens, and spared no trouble or reason¬ 
able expense in their acquisition. This general excellency of 
the specimens well befits them for taking their place amongst 
the great collection formed by Mr. Reed himself, and presented 
to the Society some two years ago. 
Four great collections have been formed in Yorkshire 
dining the last half centiny, namely, those of Mr. Bean and 
Mr. Leekenby, of Scarborough; Mr. Wood, of Richmond; 
and Mr. Reed, of York. Of these, a considerable part of Mr. 
Bean’s fossils were purchased by the Society in the year 1860 for 
the sum of £200; and two of the others, namely, Mr. Wood’s and 
Mr. Reed’s, have, by the public spiritedness and liberality of 
the latter gentleman, found their abiding place in the York 
Museum. The Leekenby collection is in the Cambridge 
Museum. 
Mr. Reed’s original collection far exceeded any of the others, 
consisting as it does of over 100,000 specimens. The Society 
is now indebted to him for the fmiher magnificent gift of the 
Wood collection, by wRich our principal deficiencies give place 
to great richness. 
