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(on deposit), Pursh, de Schweinitz, Nuttall, Short, and Charles E. 

 Smith. The Fungi, Mosses, Lichens and Algae number about 50,000 

 specimens and include the collections of Sullivant, de Schweinitz, 

 Eckfeldt, Ashmead, Martin, Elhs and Everhart, Herbst and Rex. 

 Both departments of the Herbarium are rich in types. 



There is also a local Herbarium presented by the Philadelphia 

 Botanical Club, which contains about 20,000 specimens. 



The Palseontological collections comprise some 5,000 specimens 

 of Vertebrates and 45,000 Invertebrates, of which 3,000 belong to the 

 collection of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey (on deposit) and 

 7,500 to the Isaac Lea collection; also 1,500 fossil plants. There are 

 many types of Leidy and Cope among the vertebrates and of Lea, 

 Conrad, Gabb and Heilprin among the invertebrates. 



The general collection of minerals consists of 8,500 specimens, while 

 the William S. Vaux collection contains about 7,500 additional. Of 

 rock specimens there are over 10,000 in the Pennsylvania Geological 

 Survey collection and about 3,000 additional. 



The general Archaeological and Ethnological department contains 

 about 14,000 specimens, including the Samuel G. Morton collection of 

 human crania; the Peale Hawaiian collection, the Haldeman American 

 Indian collection and the Poinsett Mexican collection (on deposit). 



The Clarence B. Moore collection of Indian antiquities from mounds 

 of the Southern States includes some 5,000 specimens, the basis of 

 Mr. Moore's papers in the Journal of the Academy. The William 

 S. Vaux collection contains 2,500 specimens, largely from North 

 America and Europe. 



Summary. 



Mammals, 12,416 



Birds, '. 59,579 



Reptiles, 18,000 



Fishes, 40,000 



Insects, ; 369,000 



MoUusks, '. 1,575,000 



Other Invertebrates, 11,500 



Herbarium, 654,000 



Fossils, 46,500 



Minerals, 29,000 



Archaeology and Ethnology, 21,500 



Total, 2,836,495 



Samuel G. Dixon, 

 Henry A. Pilsbry. 



