CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY
OF PRINCETON COLLEGE.
No. 1.
Palæontological Report
OF
The Princeton Scientific Expedition
of 1877.
BY
HENRY F. OSBORN,
WM. B. SCOTT,
FRANCIS SPEIR, Jr.
September 1, 1878.
New York:
S. W. GREEN, PRINTER, Nos. 16 AND 18 JACOB STREET.
1878.
Palæontological Division.
PROF. JOSEPH KARGÈ,
ROLLIN H. LYNDE,
HENRY F. OSBORN,
JOTHAM POTTER,
WM. B. SCOTT,
FRANCIS SPEIR, Jr.
To the Honorable the President and Board of Trustees of
the College of New Jersey:
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to transmit herewith the Palæontological Reportof the College Scientific Expedition of 1877.
The fossils collected by the Palæontological party, and deposited by thechief of the expedition in the Geological Museum, consisted of two sets, onenumbering some two thousand specimens of fossil plants and insects fromthe tertiary beds of Central Colorado, the other of a considerable series offossil vertebrates, mostly mammals, from the tertiary beds of WyomingTerritory, around Fort Bridger. This last collection has been studied andworked out with unabated zeal and diligence by the three post-graduatemembers of the Palæontological party, Messrs. H. Osborn, W. Scott, andF. Speir, who devoted most of the time of their course to this special work,with what success this Report will show.
It will be a source of gratification to the generous friends of the College,who furnished means for the Scientific Expedition of 1877, that it notonly enriched our Museum to so great an extent, but did more still byfostering in our College a thorough study of Palæontology, which couldnot have been undertaken without such means as these thus placed at thedisposal of our students.
The fossil insects and plants have been intrusted to the hands of thebest specialists for determination. Dr. S. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass.,has kindly consented to revise the insects. Prof. G. L. Lequereux the plants.
Very Respectfully,
A. GUYOT,
Director of the E. M. Museum of Geology and Archæology.
Princeton, June 1, 1878.
Sir: We transmit herewith our report upon the Palæontological collectionsmade by the Princeton party in the summer of 1877.
The following persons constituted the Palæontological division: Rollin H.Lynde, Henry F. Osborn, Jotham Potter, Wm. B. Scott, Francis Speir, Jr.The division remained in Colorado from the first of July until t