142 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Mineralogif and geology. 500 specimens, including a general 

 collection from the United States geological survey; specimens 

 of the Berea, Cuyahoga and Bedford shales, mostly local, also 

 specimens of the Berea grit with its numerous ripple markings. 

 Could exchange specimens showing ripple markings_, also cone- 

 in-cone. 



Historic and economic geology. Collections very small. 



Zoology. 300 specimens mostly invertebrates. 



Botany. Few specimens. 



Case school of applied science, Cleveland. Frank M. Comstock, 

 professor of natural history. 



Pak'ontology. 7000 specimens: stratigraphic specimens, 576; 

 zoologic, 1424; miscellaneous and unclassified material, 5000. 

 Duplicates for exchange. 



Mineralogy. 3000 specimens devoted to purposes of teaching, 

 and not particularly complete in any group. 



Historic and economic geology and llthology. 1854 specimens: 

 illustrative of stratigraphic geology, 250 specimens; geologic 

 phenomena, 200; an economic collection of 700; a collection of 

 800 illustrating the lithologic character of rock. Some duplicate 

 material for exchange. 



Zoology. 9651 specimens (3400 catalogued numbers): mam- 

 mals, 80 mounted specimens; alcoholic specimens, 19; miscel- 

 laneous, 23; birds, 350 mounted specimens, 492 skins, and 630 

 nests and eggs; reptiles and batrachians, 229 alcoholic speci- 

 mens; fishes, 224 alcoholic specimens; mollusks, 715 species in 

 alcohol; Arthropoda, 380 species in alcohol; other invertebrates, 

 276 sx-^ecies in alcohol. 



The above are catalogue numbers and include in many cases 

 eeveral specimens under one number. Duplicates for exchange. 



Botany. 2724 varieties, illustrated by 3719 mounted speci- 

 mens chiefly of the flora of Ohio. 1000 duplicate specimens, and 

 exchange material. 



Cincinnati society of natural history, Cincinnati. Joshua Lin- 

 da hi, director. 



Paleontologjf. 4882 specimens: a large general collection of 

 fossils from Xorth America and Europe; a practically complete 

 collection of the fossils of the vicinitv of Cincinnati; the Paul 



