BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NA1URAL SCIENCES 189 



GEOLOGY. 800 minerals, especially calcite and silicates; a Ward 

 series of 250 rocks; and 300 local rocks. 



PALEONTOLOGY. 300 New York fossils; 300 cretaceous fossils 

 from Maastricht, Holland; 75 fossils from the Bad Lands, South 

 Dakota; and 50 specimens of petrified wood. 



ZOOLOGY. 2500 insects, especially coleoptera and hymenoptera; 

 100 reptiles, including some rare specimens from India 5^300 birds from 

 United States, Austria, and Denmark; and 50 North American and 

 European mammals. 



OTHER COLLECTIONS. 3630 Greek, Roman, and medieval coins; 

 300 books from 250 to 400 years old, including 50 early bibles. 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 



Small teaching collections in natural science. The specimens of 

 most importance are a number of fossil crustaceans, especially Euryp- 

 terus and Endarchus from neighboring localities. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of n acres, established in 

 1894, containing 57 reptiles, 117 birds, and 166 mammals. 



CANANDAIGUA: 



ONTARIO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



'The society has a collection of about 800 articles relating to the 

 history of Ontario County, and a library of 50 volumes, with manu- 

 scripts, papers, etc., relating to the early history of western New York. 



CANTON: 



ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY. Museum. 



STAFF. Curator, George H. Chadwick; Assistant, Arthur Head; 

 Student assistant, Arthur Laidlaw; i janitor. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, 50; Phanerogams, 150. A seed dispersal 

 series is in process of formation. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 5oo, in storage, 7oo; 

 Rocks, on exhibition, 2oo, in storage, ioo; Phenomenal geology, 

 etc., on exhibition, 75, in storage, 50; Economic collections, on exhibi- 

 tion, 300, in storage, ioo; Stratigraphic collections, on exhibition, 

 ioo, in storage, 25. The mineral collection is especially rich in 

 material from northern New York. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, on exhibition, 65o, in storage, 

 i5o; Vertebrates, on exhibition, 25, in storage, 10; Plants, on exhi- 



