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particularly of the Gastromycetes, the study of fungi being for many 

 years past the specialty of Mr. Curtis Gates Lloyd. 



The second building, erected in 1907-8, is devoted to the Lloyd 

 library of botany, pharmacy, and materia medica, comprising approxi- 

 mately 25,000 bound volumes and over 20,000 pamphlets, under the 

 care of William Holden, librarian, and Edith Wycoff, assistant librarian. 



UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI. Museum. (Burnet Woods Park.) 



STAFF. Curator, - ; Assistants, J. Ernest Carman and 



Annette Francis Braun; i janitor. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. A large collection of Philippine pottery, knives, 

 clothing, etc.; a collection of skulls and relics of mound builders. 



ART. Casts of sculpture, 25; Prints and engravings, 25. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, 50; Phanerogams, 250. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 400, in storage, 400; Rocks, 

 in storage, 800; Relief maps, models, etc., 12. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, on exhibition, 600, in storage, 

 600; Plants, in storage, 50. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, on exhibition, 2000, in storage, 5000; Insects, 

 on exhibition, 2 500, in storage, 2000; Other in vertebrates, on exhibition, 

 100, in storage, 1000; Fishes, on exhibition, 50, in storage, 300; Batra- 

 chians, on exhibition, 5, in storage, 20; Reptiles, on exhibition, 10, in 

 storage, 50; Birds, on exhibition, 750, in storage, 600; Mammals, 

 on exhibition, 175, in storage, 100. There are 6 small and 7 large 

 groups of animals exhibited in natural surroundings. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The museum was established in Cunning- 

 ham Hall in 1900 and moved to larger quarters in McMicken Hall in 

 1907. At this time a taxidermist was employed as curator to rearrange 

 and relabel the collections and to prepare groups in natural surround- 

 ings. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Irregular appropriations from the uni- 

 versity. 



BUILDING. The museum occupies 3000 square feet of floor space 

 for exhibition, and 2500 for offices, workrooms, etc. in McMicken Hall. 



SCOPE. College teaching and public instruction. 



ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public daily except Sunday from 

 8.30 to 5. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



This zoological park of 63 acres was established in 1875 and con- 

 tains 125 reptiles, 1200 birds, and 5 20 mamma Is. 



