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IchthTornis, discovered bv Prof. Marsh in the Cretaceous rocks 

 of Kansas; specimens of the Miocene Brontotheridae from Dakota 

 and ^Nebraska; remains of Dinocerata from the Eocene of 

 AA'voming; two skeletons of the gigantic moa from New Zea- 

 land; a mounted skeleton of a large Cretaceous dinosaur, 

 Claosaurus; remains of A 1 1 a n t o s a u r u s , the largest 

 of known land animals; the mounted pelvis and hind limbs of 

 Brontosaurus, and a skull of Triceratops from the Cretaceous 

 of ^Yyoming. 



MUuralogy. The Gibbs collection, deposited by Col. George 

 Gibbs; private cabinet of Prof. Brush, for study and investiga- 

 tion only and not for general exhibition; one of the largest col- 

 lections of meteorites in the country, containing the famous mass 

 of meteoric iron weighing 1635 pounds from Texas, some hun- 

 dreds o-f large and small meteorites from a single fall in Iowa 

 in May 1879, the interesting Weston meteorite which fell in 

 Weston in 1807, and nearly 1000 meteorites from the great me- 

 teoric fall of May 2, 1890, in Winnebago county, la.; the large and 

 beautiful collection of Chinese artistic work in stone^ chiefly in 

 jade and agates, bequeathed by Dr S. Wells Williams. 



Historic and eco7iomic geology. Collections in laboratories for 

 use of students. 



Zoology. One of the most complete collections of corals in the 

 country; a collection of marine invertebrates from New England; 

 shells and corals from the Pacific coast of America, corals of 

 Bermuda, and shells of Florida, etc.; models of two of the huge 

 cephalopods of the world, one an octopus and the other a species 

 from the Newfoundland seas, related to the squids; skeletons de- 

 posited by Prof. Marsh and a nearly complete series of the ver- 

 tebrate species of New England are on exhibition. 



Archeology and ethnology. Collectiojis occupy the fourth floor 

 of the museum. 



Scientific association of Meriden, Meriden. Charles H. Stanley 

 Davis, corresponding secretary; Willis J. Prouty, curator. 



Collections not extensive. The late Prof. J. H. Chapin, of 

 St Lawrence university, presented his collection of 2000 miner- 

 als to the association. 



