138 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



NORTH CAROLINA 



Davidson college museum, Davidson. J. M. Douglas in charge. 



Paleontology. 3000 specimens. Paleozoic time is best repre- 

 sented, specially the Carboniferous system. 



Mineralogy. 4000 specimens including the Brumley cabinet 

 and the Oglethorpe university collection. 



Historic geology and lithology. 2500 specimens particularly rep- 

 resentative of the recent rocks. 



Zoology. 800 specimens of shells. 



North Carolina state museum, Raleigh. H. H. Brimley, curator; 

 J. A. Holmes, state geologist; and T. K. Bruner, secretary. 



Paleontology. Remains of marine and land vertebrates, in- 

 cluding such striking forms as the mastodon, whales, sharks 

 and other interesting forms, reptiles being particularly well 

 repr(^sented. 



Mineralogy. A systematic series of all the mineral species 

 found in the state; a collection in crystallography; gem material 

 and a very valuable collection of cut gems, including a specimen 

 of diamond from Burke county; other native gems as ruby, sap- 

 phire, oriental topaz, cat's-eye, rhodolite, garnets, emerald, 

 aquamarine, golden and opaque beryl; a lot of the semiprecious 

 stones, and a small collection of meteorites. 



Lithology. 500 specimens of the rocks of the state, arranged 

 alf^habetically by counties; 1000 specimens of rocks from which 

 sections have been cut and samples analyzed. 



Economic geology. A complete collection of the iron ores of 

 the state, magnetite, hematite, limonite, siderite, pyrite; an 

 exhaustive collection of gold, silver and copper ores in very wide 

 variety; very full series of corundums and micas, talc, kaolins 

 and other clays; granites, marbles and sandstones in systematic 

 series showing both the finished and raw product; millstones; 

 monazites in great variety, and zircons. 



Zoology. The fauna of the state is well shown; a fairlv com- 

 X)lete series of the more conspicuous vertebrate forms including 

 a 45 foot skeleton of Balaena biscavensis; fur-bearinsr 

 animals; game birds and animals; birds eggs; a large series 

 of reptiles and fishes; a full collection of economic fishes, 



