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of Egyptian antiquities received from the Egyptian Exploration 

 Society, of which the college is a member. 



MINERALOGY. The collection in mineralogy includes 1450 speci- 

 mens of common, commercial, and rare minerals. 



PALEONTOLOGY. The foundation for the collection in vertebrate 

 paleontology was laid by the purchase of the collections of Professor 

 Cragin, consisting of about 8000 specimens, containing the types of 

 many new species and some new genera of fossils. Among the types 

 the most important is the large plesiosaurian reptile Trinacromerum, 

 described from the cretaceous of Kansas in 1888. The collections 

 include also an extensive series of casts of fossil vertebrates, including 

 a megatherium and a restoration of the mammoth. Invertebrate 

 paleontology is represented by specimens illustrating the geological 

 record and by a series of casts of noted specimens. Paleobotany is 

 represented by 2 cases of carboniferous, cretaceous and oligocene plant 

 remains. 



ZOOLOGY. The collections in invertebrate zoology comprise repre- 

 sentatives of the different groups, including a large series of the butter- 

 flies and moths of Colorado, mounted in Denton tablets, and a repre- 

 sentative series of the Myxomycetes of Colorado. The vertebrate 

 collections comprise the W. S. Stratton collection, containing 29 species 

 of fishes, 23 species of reptiles, 442 species of birds, and 170 mammals; 

 the Aiken collection of Colorado and other birds, presented by Gen. 

 Wm. J. Palmer; and the Warren collection of 50 Colorado mammals. 



DENVER: 



COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. (City Park.) 



STAFF. Director, J. D. Figgins; Curators, Victor H. Borcherdt 

 (mammals), L. J. Hersey (ornithology), E. J. Osier (entomology), 

 W. S. Ward, (geology and art); Taxidermist-in-chief, Victor H. 

 Borcherdt; Assistants in taxidermy, cabinet makers, watchmen, 

 firemen, etc. 



ART. Prints and engravings, 52; Oil paintings, 74; Water colors, 

 3 ; Ceramics, 250. There are also extensive loan collections of Japanese 

 and Chinese art. 



BOTANY. A beginning has been made in botanical collection but 

 no material is as yet on exhibition. 



COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, i miniature gold mine; i case of 

 steel products, 1200 pieces; i case of miner's tools, 13 pieces; i case of 

 marbles, 125 pieces; i case of carborundum products, 400 pieces; i 

 case of graphite and elaterite; i case of petroleum products, crude and 



