NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 15 



a fairly complete set of invertebrates, both alcoholic and dry 

 specimens; besides 1000 microscope slides in zoology, enibry- 

 oloiiv and histology. This material is reserved for class use 

 almost exclusively, and to give thorough training in laboratory 

 work. 







BotdUf/. 4000 herbarium s])ecimens : a lai'ge amount of alcoholic 

 material, representing all groups of plants, for laboratory use; 

 many West Indian, west American and Mediterranean algae; a 

 good selection of microscope slides, specially of rare material in 

 anatomy and cytology. 



University of Denver, Denver. 



No report. 



OOKXECTICUT 



Connecticut agricultural college, Storrs. Rufus W. Stimson in 

 charge. 



Paleontology. 500 specimens. 



Minei'alogy. 700 specimens. 



Historic and economic geology and lithology. 900 specimens. 



Zoology. 10,000 specimens: representing nearly every group 

 of the animal kingdom. 50 to 75 species of marine invertebrates 

 to exchange for Devonian and other fossils. 



Botany. 1500 specimens: general flora of Connecticut. 



Ethnology. 75 specimens: Indian implements. 



Peabody museum of natural history, Yale university, New Haven. 

 Charles E. Beecher, curator in geology and paleontology : Addison 

 E. Verrill, zoology; Edward S. Dana, mineralogy; George F. 

 Eaton, osteology. 



Paleontology. The very extensive invertebrate collections are 

 arranged zoologically. There are some fine, large slabs contain- 

 ing fossils, on exhibition; also type collections showing the 

 development, structure and classification of trilobites and 

 brachiopods. 



The vertebrate possessions include many of the finest speci- 

 mens ever collected: collections made bv Prof. Marsh, of verte- 

 brate fossils from the Rocky mountain region and other parts 

 of the west; specimens of toothed birds, mainly Hesperornis and 



