NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 173 



Mineralocjy. 400 specimens: a small general collection; a 

 series of gold and silver ores from Colorado; and iron ores from 

 Tennessee. A few Tennessee minerals for exchange. 



Economic (jcoloijy. 50 blocks of building stones of Tennessee, 

 besides the material mentioned in the mineralogic collection. 



Zoology. 1000 specimens: a series of the mammals, reptiles, 

 batrachians, etc., of Tennessee; 116 mounted birds of general 

 distribution; a study series of 400 birds illustrating the avi- 

 fauna of Colorado and Tennessee; 50 sets of birds eggs; small 

 collections of shells and stuffed fishes and 8000 insects. 



Insects of all orders, birds, birds eggs and reptiles for ex- 

 change. 



Botany. A herbarium of 300 specimens representing 150 spe- 

 cies. 100 specimens for exchange. 



Ethnology. 150 specimens from Africa, chiefly handiwork of 

 some of the native tribes; a collection of coins and currency of 

 various nations. 



In the museum of the medical department of the college are 

 collections of chemicals prepared by the students; crude drugs; 

 and a series of pathologic specimens. 



TEXAS 

 Howard Payne college, Brownwood. No report. 



University of Texas, Austin. This university does not maintain 

 a museum, but has collections in geology, biology, botany, etc., 

 which are used for purposes of instruction. All books, collec- 

 tions, specially rich in new^ or recently described forms, bolh 

 vertebrate and invertebrate, as well as in minerals illustrative 

 of the resources of the state; and also apparatus and speci- 

 mens belonging to the discontinued Geological survey of 

 Texas authorized by an act of the state legislature have now 

 been installed at the university, thus more than doubling its 

 resources. Frederic W. Simonds, professor of geology: William 

 M. Wheeler, professor of zoology; William B. Phillips, professor of 

 field and economic geology; and William L. Bray, adjunct professor 

 of botany. 



Paleontology. American Paleozoic fossils; a series of Texas 

 Cretaceous fossils, and Texas Tertiary fossils presented to the 



