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NO. 9.

During the season of, while in the service of the , the writer collected from the beds of the  in the  in , , quite a complete  skull (No. 1441 ) and lower jaws associated with other parts of the skeleton.

Through the courtesy of the Director, Dr. W. J. Holland, the writer was accorded the privilege of studying this specimen, thinking perhaps it would give some information regarding the obscure points in our knowledge of the anatomy of this interesting reptile.

The skeleton like nearly all of the American Jurassic was enclosed in a very hard   much seamed and cracked by exposure to the elements.

Since publishing a paper on the of  additional discoveries have thrown new light on the structure of this animal. It thus becomes necessary