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etlinologic si)ecimens from the Indians of Paraguay; Bruce col- 

 lection from Alaska; Welles collection from Venezuela; Quelch 

 collection from British Guiana; Finch collection from New 

 Guinea; Peace collection from New Caledonia; Remenyi collec- 

 tion from South Africa; Pegosky collection from Siberia, and 

 the H. N. Higinbotham collection from Korea. 



Archeoloifif. The mor6 notable collections are: Montes and 

 Dorsey Peruvian collection; United States Columbian col- 

 lection of objects of gold, earthenware and stone; Harris collec- 

 tion of Peruvian antiquities; Riggs collection from the Southern 

 states; Johnson collection of reproduction of Irish antiquities; 

 Allison Y. Armour collection of Mexican anticiuities; original 

 and reproduction of ancient Italian bronzes; Cyrus H. McCor- 

 mick collection of Chilian antiquities; Green cliff house collec- 

 tion; Charnay casts from Central America; and Wyman 

 collection of copper implements and relics of stone, and models 

 of Pueblo villages and ancient ruins, with numerous ancient 

 relics and modern utensils from tlie Pueblo region; also large 

 series of implements, objects and models illustrating the arts 

 of quarrying and mining and the manufacture of stone imple- 

 ments by the aborigines. 



Greer college, Hoopeston. No report. 



Hedding college, Abingdon. No report. 



Illinois state museum of natural history and geological survey of 

 Illinois, Springfield. C. H. Crantz, curator and state geologist. 

 The collections constitute the Illinois state museum of natural 

 history. 



Paleontology. 5000 species of fossils collected during the goo- 

 logical survey of the state by Prof. A. H. Worthen. 



Mineralogy and geology. 2500 specimens from the state. 



Zoology. Mammals, birds, nests and eggs, reptiles, fishes and 

 insects. 



Illinois Wesleyan university, Powell museum, Bloomington. J. 

 Culver Hartzell, curator. 



The Powell museum was named in honor of Maj. J. W. Powell, 

 who was the instructor of natural science in the Illinois Wes- 



