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vi                                        INTRODUCTION.

"types" of Von Buch and D'Orbigny, adding also many large and 
rare forms; and are without question the most perfect series of these
shells which has ever been copied. There are also many interesting 
specimens of the Nautilidae and Orthoceratidae from America and 
Europe, of Hippuritidae and Mesozoic Brachiopoda from France, and 
of Palaeozoic Brachiopoda from England and America, are worthy of 
especial notice.

Among the                    RADIATES, 
are 50 Echinoidea, most of which are chosen from a series issued 
many years ago by Prof. Agassiz at the time of his important publications
on this order. Also, Asteroidea, and a very rich series of American 
Crinoidea, - some of the larger ones from European localities, 
but in the main Palaeozoic species from localities in New York and 
the Western States, and furnished by the Cabinet of Prof. Hall.

Finally, the               PROTOZOA, 
are represented by a series of 100 Foramenifera which - enlarged 50-75 
diameters - illustrate beautifully the strange, bizarre forms of these 
minute animalisms. The division closes with a suite of Sponges, 
mainly of Cretaceous age, from European localities, the originals of 
which are in the Ward Museum of the University of Rochester.

Many of the minor divisions are omitted in this short resume. It is sufficient 
to say that the whole number of specimens, which are given in 
this assemblage, have been chosen for their individual, scientific value. 
Some specimens have a traditional interest, as connected with the 
growth of Geological Science. Others- like the Megatherium, Iguanodon, 
Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs - are fossils of general celebrity. 
Others are chosen and made up into suites, to illustrate by 
chosen forms the natural sections in various Zoological groups.

The student of Geology will find here a very large proportion of 
these genera and species which mark the several divisions of Geological 
time, and which are cited and figured in his text-books as "characteristic 
fossils"; while the investigator of fossil Zoology will also 
have possession of many scores of extinct forms which will complete 
his cabinet-series.

These casts of fossils have the great advantage that they are in 
almost every case copies of the most perfect specimen of the object 
which has ever been found. This specimen, too, is often a unique 
one, the cast is the only representation of the form which can ever be
ranged in the classification of a Cabinet, and yet no Cabinet can be 
complete in its series without it.

Few of them are restored in any way, and when this is the case
it is indicated.

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vi INTRODUCTION.

"types" of Von Buch and D'Orbigny, adding also many large and rare forms; and are without question the most perfect series of these shells which has ever been copied. There are also many interesting specimens of the Nautilidae and Orthoceratidae from America and Europe, of Hippuritidae and Mesozoic Brachiopoda from France, and of Palaeozoic Brachiopoda from England and America, are worthy of especial notice.

Among the RADIATES, are 50 Echinoidea, most of which are chosen from a series issued many years ago by Prof. Agassiz at the time of his important publications on this order. Also, Asteroidea, and a very rich series of American Crinoidea, - some of the larger ones from European localities, but in the main Palaeozoic species from localities in New York and the Western States, and furnished by the Cabinet of Prof. Hall.

Finally, the PROTOZOA, are represented by a series of 100 Foramenifera which - enlarged 50-75 diameters - illustrate beautifully the strange, bizarre forms of these minute animalisms. The division closes with a suite of Sponges, mainly of Cretaceous age, from European localities, the originals of which are in the Ward Museum of the University of Rochester.

Many of the minor divisions are omitted in this short resume. It is sufficient to say that the whole number of specimens, which are given in this assemblage, have been chosen for their individual, scientific value. Some specimens have a traditional interest, as connected with the growth of Geological Science. Others- like the Megatherium, Iguanodon, Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs - are fossils of general celebrity. Others are chosen and made up into suites, to illustrate by chosen forms the natural sections in various Zoological groups.

The student of Geology will find here a very large proportion of these genera and species which mark the several divisions of Geological time, and which are cited and figured in his text-books as "characteristic fossils"; while the investigator of fossil Zoology will also have possession of many scores of extinct forms which will complete his cabinet-series.

These casts of fossils have the great advantage that they are in almost every case copies of the most perfect specimen of the object which has ever been found. This specimen, too, is often a unique one, the cast is the only representation of the form which can ever be ranged in the classification of a Cabinet, and yet no Cabinet can be complete in its series without it.

Few of them are restored in any way, and when this is the case it is indicated.