18° REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Red-shouldered hawk, I nest. 
Purple grackle, I nest. 
Red-winged black blackbird, 1 nest. 
Purple martin, I nest and eggs. 
I flying squirrel nest. 
I twin robin nest. 
100 sets of birds’ eggs. 
GEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS MADE FOR THE SCHOOLS. 
The following is taken from the administrative report for 
1905 of Mr. Henry B. Kimmel, State Geologist: 
Through the co-operation of the State Museum Commissioners 
it was possible to furnish nine schools with oak cases for the 
storage and display of the collections. The cases were those 
used by the Survey for its exhibit at St. Louis. The price of 
the cases was fixed at $25 per set. The expense of preparing, 
labeling and packing the collections was $25 each set, and they. 
were furnished the schools at this figure, no charge being made 
for the original expense of collecting the material. 
In May the Board of Managers authorized the preparation, 
from the duplicate specimens of the Survey, of collections of 
rocks, minerals, fossils and ores for distribution to the High 
Schools of the State. Thirty collections of 170 specimens each 
were made up. In each set the first 110 specimens were essen- 
tially identical, the balance being duplicates and odd specimens, 
of which there were not enough to go round. White card- 
board trays were provided for all, except the powdered specimens, 
which were packed in small glass bottles, or cardboard boxes. 
Printed labels, giving the specimen number, its name, geological 
period, occurrences in the State and a brief description, were 
prepared. 
The collections were arranged to illustrate the geology of 
New Jersey. Under each of the main divisions of geologic time, 
beginning with the oldest, were placed the common rock types, 
the important ores, the more striking minerals and examples of 
the common fossils. The character of the collections is well 
shown by the subjoined list of specimens. 
