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leyan from 1865 to 1868. Maj. Powell made his early Rocky 

 mountain explorations from the Wesleyan, and the museum, 

 which was established in 1852 with 1700 specimens, contains 

 collections made during these trips. There are now about 

 40,000 labeled specimens accessible to visitors and about 100,- 

 000, also labeled, arranged in trays and cases specially for stu- 

 dents. The rest of the material is not catalogued and the 

 amount not known. The material has been received from 

 various sources: the Wheeler, Powell, Canadian and state sur- 

 yeys, the United States geological survey, the United States 

 national museum, the Smithsonian institution, private collec- 

 tions and exchanges. 



Faleontology. Nearly all formations of North America are 

 represented by exceptionally fine vertebrate and invertebrate 

 fossils, specially the latter; an extensive collection of Illinois 

 fossils; 10 casts of extinct vertebrates; fossil plants from the 

 Silurian, Carboniferous and Cretaceous, particularly the latter 

 two; a large number of well preserved fossil insects from Colo- 

 rado and Wyoming. 



Mirwralogy. Nearly all the species and varieties of Dana are 

 represented; a good collection of crystals. 



Geology. Series of rocks representing nearl}^ all formations 

 of Europe and North America, and the lithologic characters of 

 the various groups; a large collection of geologic maps; an 

 extended series of photographs of western geologic scenery; a 

 good collection of ores from the western states. 



Zoology. 10,000 species of shells from various parts of the 

 world; 1000 species of insects from Europe and America; 600 

 species of birds mostly from America; 100 clutches of eggs; 200 

 mammals; 60 skulls of mammals from North America, South 

 America and Australia; a series of human skulls, modern, cliff 

 dwellers and mound builders; several hundred alcoholic speci- 

 mens. 



Botany. 1000 species of marine algae from various parts of 

 the world; 600 species of ferns from North America, Hawaiian 

 islands, India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South 



