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The finest skeleton possessed by the Society, that of the ele- 

 phant, can not be set up for want of room, and in consequence 

 has to be stored in the basement. 



The collection contains, besides the two mentioned above, fair 

 skeletons of the camel, moose, deer, kangaroo, wombat, lion, 

 alligator and several more common animals, and a few birds and 

 reptiles. There is an abundance of material in this department to 

 make a very creditable exhibit. 



X. ETHNOLOGY. 



In this department the Society has a series of casts of skulls 

 representing types of different nationalities, and geveral recent 

 skulls of Indians; together with implements of war and domestic 

 use, from the Indians, Swiss Lake Dwellers, Cliff Dwellers, etc. 



The archaeological collection is very valuable ; containing a 

 large number of skulls and relics from the pre^historic cemetery at 

 Madisonville, Ohio, a collection which it would be impossible to 

 -duplicate. A collection of pottery from Missouri, of considerable 

 value, and specimens lately received from the National Museum 

 and the California State Mining Bureau, complete ihe report of 

 this department. 



It will be seen that local archaeology is well represented here, in 

 the Madisonville collection, but this is a small part of the rich har- 

 vest which this part of the country has afforded-r-too much of which 

 has been compelled to go, or permitted to go, to Eastern museums 

 for a home. 



XI. MINERALOGY. 



The collection of minerals contains about 1,200 specimens, and 

 is in excellent condition as to identification and localjty. 



A collection of about 80 specimens, received from the California 

 State Mining Bureau, has recently been added. 



THE LIBRARY. 



The library of the Society now includes about 4,500 books and 

 pamphlets, and its increase is steady and rapid. 



Its principal source of increase is the exchange of the Journal 

 for the publications of scientific societies, and for scientific period- 

 icals in all parts of the world. 



The accompanying list of these exchanges will show the extent 

 and great value of this work. 



