96 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Zoology. A collection of well mounted birds of the vicinity 

 of Hanover, together with their nests and eggs; a collection of 

 fishes from the United States; 2000 species of shells (mol- 

 lusks) gathered by Prof. C. H. Hitchcock; 1000 species of New 

 Hampshire insects mounted in pairs; a miscellaneous collection 

 of about 1000 invertebrate specimens; and a large quantity of 

 biologic preparations for use in laboratory work. 



Botany. A general herbaTium of 5000 species gathered by Prof. 

 C. H. Hitchcock, and rich in ferns and marine algae; 1000 speci- 

 mens of wood sections, seeds, etc., and many mosses and hepa- 

 ticae; by donation from Prof. Trelease several thousand species, 

 phanerogams and ferns, and by donation the herbarium of Prof. 

 H. G. Jesup. 



Ethnology and archeology. 500 aboriginal implements from 

 Lake Winnipiseogee, and other localities; 90 skulls and pieces 

 of pottery of the Mound Builders; 400 ethnologic specimens from 

 Zululand, Alaska and the South Sea islands; many photographs 

 of American Indians, and a full sized figure made by the Smith- 

 sonian institution, of Chief Joseph; a few Koman antiquities; 

 a collection of Burmese and Japanese antiquities, and eight or 

 nine unusually fine sculptures from Xineveh, obtained by Dr 

 AVright about 1860. 



The handsome museum building is the gift of the late Ralph 

 Butterfield M.D. of Kansas City. 



Keene high school museum, Keene. Percy S. Brayton, suhmaster 

 of the school, curator. 



Paleontology. 150 specimens of corals, mollusks and fishes, 

 from the western states. 



Mineralogy. 2000 specimens for class use. 



Historic and economic geology and Uthology. Collections very 

 small. 



Zoology. 3000 specimens: mounted mammals and birds; skulls 

 and skeletons; shells and insects; and small collections of corals 

 and reptiles. 



Botany. 500 specimens illustrating the flowering plants and 

 the ferns of New Hampshire. 



