14 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Paddock, lotamj and horticulture; and Clarence P. Gillette, 

 zoology, in charge. 



Paleontology. About 550 choice specimens. 



Mineralogy. 400 typical specimens. 



LitJwlogy. 1672 hand specimens of rocks. 



Economic geology. 1000 specimens of ores. 



Zoology. G0,000 specimens, including 55,000 insects exhibited 

 in orood form for studv. Also 13 mounted skeletons of verte- 

 brates; a number of skulls; 75 mounted mammals, 300 mounted 

 birds; 60 bird skins and 700 birds eggs; a mounted collection, 

 300 specimens, of sponges, corals, mollusks and crustaceans. 

 Also an economic collection of 200 specimens of plants injured 

 by insects, and 200 honey-bearing plants; a series of wax models 

 illus-trating the segmentation of the egg and the development 

 of the chick; and mo'dels of several parts of the human body, 

 includins" the eve, ear, throat and larvnx. A large number of 

 Colorado insects are for exchange. 



Botany. 7000 specimens: 1000 species of Colorado phanero- 

 gams and 2500 from other states; 300 species of Colorado fungi 

 and 2000 from other states. 4000 specimens for exchange. 



Ethnology. Small collection. 



University of Colorado museum, Boulder. Nevin M. Fenneman, 

 professor of geology, and Francis Ramaley, professor of hiology, 

 are in charge of the collections. 



Paleontology. 500 partly labeled specimens. 



Mineralogy. 700 exhibition specimens, a study set of about 

 400 mineral specimens, and 75 microscope slides of minerals. 

 In the economic collections is a set, of 600 specimens of charac- 

 teristic ores of Colorado particularly rich in tellurids. 



Lithology. 400 specimens of typical rocks; 140 specimens of 

 tyjdcal rocks of Cripple creek region (the G. H. Stone collec- 

 tion); the United States geological survey educational series of 

 rocks; 75 specimens illustrating geologic structure; and 360 

 microscoi)ic slides of typical rocks. 



Zoology. 600 specimens: a series of vertebrate skeletons; a 

 set of North American fishes, from the Smithsonian institution; 



