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Some gi'OUi)S of Devonian and sub Caihoniforous forms are 

 well represented, and have furnished types foi- various species 

 of crinoids, etc., for which the beds in the near \i(iniLy are 

 famous. 



Mineralogy. 4000 specimens, and fairly representative, being 

 especially rich in ores and rare species, and including an extensive 

 study collection. 



The economic collection includes 400 specimens: a valuable 

 series of marbles and granites, and a series of iron ores with their 

 furnace products, slags, etc. 



Zoology. 10,575 specimens: birds 100, reptiles and amphibians 

 225, fishes 500, crustaceans 100, mollusks 9000, corals 300, 

 sponges and echinoderms 300. 



The collection of shells arranged and classified for systematic 

 work, offers unusual facilities for students and includes many 

 very rare species. 



Zoological materials are arranged systematically to illustrate 

 the development of the animal kingdom. The series of inverte- 

 brates is very complete, and the vertebrates include many articu- 

 lated skeletons, and dissected specimens illustrating important 

 anatomic structures. 



Botany. A herbarium specially complete in North American 

 species, and containing mucli material from European, Asiatic 

 and South American countries, of 30,000 phanerogams, and 1500 

 cryptogams, and a series of 1000 specimens of economic 

 products. 



Material used to illustrate lectures in general botany greatly 

 increases the value of these collections. Some parasitic fungi 

 for exchange. 



Ethnology. 6000 specimens: relics of the American Indians and 

 the Mound Builders, including arrowheads, weapons, pipes, 

 plummets, drills, ornaments, pottery, fabrics and skulls. Dupli- 

 cates for exchange. 



INDIAN TERRITORY 



Indian university, r>acone. J. H. Scott, president. 

 Geology. Collections small and of general distribution, includ- 

 ing fossils from the New York and Indian territory formations; 



