54 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Paleontology. 40,000 specimens. They have been built up by 

 purchase and exchange, but chiefly by the personal collections 

 of the director and the curators in summer expeditions to west- 

 ern Kansas, Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. They are spe- 

 cially rich in Cretaceous flora and fauna, the Dakota leaves, of 

 which there are many type specimens by Lesquereux; and the 

 Niobrara vertebrates, specially reptiles, among which are the 

 types described by Dr Williston. There are also many Loup 

 Fork mammals from Kansas, White river mammals from Da- 

 kota and Wyoming, and Jurassic reptiles from Wyoming. Also 

 extensive series of Carboniferous and Permian leaves and in- 

 sects, many Lower Cretaceous and Tertiary leaves, Permian 

 and Carboniferous vertebrates, and several mounted Pleisto- 

 cene mammals. It is one of the largest university collections 

 in the United States. Duplicates for exchange. 



Mineralogy. 12,000 specimens. The chief collection is that 

 purchased from J. W. Cooper for |3000, consisting chiefly of 

 specimens from the Kocky mountains. Duplicates for exchange. 



Economic geology. 2000 specimens: illustrating the resources 

 of Kansas for producing salt, gypsum, coal, building stone, lead, 

 and zinc. Duplicates for exchange. 



Zoology. This is one of the largest university collections in 

 the United States, including North American mammals and 

 birds, both skins and skeletons — mounted and unmounted; a col- 

 lection of birds nests and eggs; a series of alcoholic specimens 

 of reptiles; a series of marine and fresh-water shells. 



Entomology. 200,000 specimens. The second largest of North 

 American species in the United States, including 8000 species of 

 North American coleoptera, 3500 North American Lepidoptera, 

 4000 Diptera, 3000 Hymenoptera and 1500 species of other 

 orders. This collection contains many type specimens of Grote, 

 Williston, Townsend and others. Duplicates for exchange. 



Botany. 7000 mounted, and 15,000 unmounted specimens of 

 North American plants. Duplicate material for exchange. 



Ethnology. 500 specimens of mound builders implements. 



