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Of Mammalian materials acquired during the year, the skull of the Miocene whale [[underlined]] Cetotherium megalophysum [[/underlined]], dredged from the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River, is outstanding. It was collected by Captains Daniel and Edward Harrision of Ewell, Md., and presented to the Smithsonian by the Ewell Junior High School of Ewell, Smith Island, through the principal, Mrs. Alice V. Middleton.