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Mineralogy. About 3000 specimens in the general collectioB 

 representing about equally the principal groups of minerals, pur- 

 chased soon after the founding of the college from Ward's 

 establishment, together with more recent additions; also a 

 lecture room collection of 500 specimens always accessible to 

 students in mineralogy. The ores and varieties of quartz are 

 the more fully represented; there are also a large number of 

 specimens of small size illustrating various crystalline forms; 

 there are sets representing the various varieties of physical 

 properties in minerals, and full sets of glass and wooden models 

 of crystal forms. 



Lltlwlogy. 800 specimens of rocks, including a selected repre- 

 sentative collection of 150 typical rocks donated by the United 

 States geological survey. There are about 100 microscopic sec- 

 tions of different kinds of rocks. 



Zoology. 25,090 specimens including Foraminifera, plaster 

 models, 150; Foraminifera, actual models, 200; sponges, 100; 

 corals, 400; echinoderms and crinoids, 300; mollusks, chiefly 

 shells, 18,000; crustaceans, 300; insects, 600; fishes, batrachians 

 and reptiles, 40; birds, mounted and skins, 2G00; birds eggs, 800; 

 birds nests, 150; mammals, 100; osteologic specimens and various 

 models, 400; alcoholic specimens (miscellaneous), 800; zoologic 

 microscopic slides, 200. 



Botany. 1700 specimens including the Merrill collection of 

 ferns (pressed), 1000 specimens; a collection of ferns from the 

 Hawaiian islands, 100 specimens; a general herbarium, 1500 

 specimens; 100 specimens of plants in many cases with opt^n 

 flowers, finely preserved in alcohol. 



An adjunct to the museum is the Eleanor conservatory, con- 

 taining many valuable plants (at least 1500) representative of 

 the leading families, with facilities for their study. 



Ethnology and anthropology. About 770 specimens, including 

 arrowheads from many of our states, 350 specimens; Erminie 

 A. Smith collection of ethnologic specimens of the Zuni Indians, 

 200; Orton collection of South American ethnologic and arche- 

 ologic specimens, including valuable pottery, an ancient Peru- 

 vian mummy and a very rare compressed human head from the 



