114 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Colgate university museum of geology and natural history, Hamil- 

 ton. Albeit Perry Brigham, curator. 



Paleontology. Collection is arranged zoologically, and contains^ 

 several hundred specimens, chiefly of Paleozoic age. 



Mineralogy. 1500 specimens fairly representatiA'e of all the 

 groups. 



LitJiology. 500 specimens. 



Historic geology. 1600 specimens largely of Paleozoic age. 



Economic geology. 50 cubes of building stones from various 

 horizons; 200 bottles of crude petroleum from most of the 

 known petroleum regions; 25 specimens of oil sands, and 50 

 refined products of petroleum; and several hundred specimens 

 of ores of gold, silver, copper, iron, etc. 



Zoology. 1400 mounted birds; 1300 invertebrates, including 

 many fine corals and tropical shells. 



Botany. The Douglas herbarium of species from northeastera 

 United States, of 1600 specimens, in 33 volumes; the Cobb collec- 

 tion of 1100 specimens of mosses, lichens, and ferns. 



Ethnology. Garments, utensils, weapons, etc., from foreign mis- 

 sionarv fields. 



College of the City of New York, New York. William Strat- 

 ford, professor of natural history, in charge of museum. 



Paleontology. 500 specimens used chiefly for teaching. New 

 Y^ork state formations best represented. 



Mineralogy. 7500 specimens: consisting of a type collection of 

 1500 specimens; minerals of Now Y'ork city, specially of the 

 island of Manhattan, 2500; and sets for teaching. 



HistoHc and economic geology and litholooy. 2400 specimens. 



Zoology. 3750 specimens: 1) type collections of vertebrates 

 and invertebrates; 2) birds of New York city, Zerega collection; 

 3) insects of New York city, Dean collection; 4) fishes of New 

 Y^ork city, Blackford collection; 5) many exotic forms; 6) corals, 

 Decker collection; 7) corals, McFarlane collection; 8) Decker mis- 

 cellaneous collection. 



Botany. 550 specimens consisting of a working herbarium 

 and several small collections of woods, seeds, fibers and fabrics. 



