BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 32$ 



UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. Museum. 



STAFF. General curator, Henry Montgomery; Curators, R. Ram- 

 say Wright (zoology), A. P. Coleman (geology), T. L. Walker (miner- 

 alogy), W. A. Parks (paleontology), Henry Montgomery (American 

 archeology), C. T. Currelly (oriental archeology); Assistant curators, 

 B. A. Bensley (zoology), J. H. Faull (botany). 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Good collections, now for the most part in 

 storage. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, i5,ooo; Phanerogams, i5,ooo. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, i7,ooo; Rocks, 43oo. These collections 

 are for the most part systematic; some are synoptic; and some repre- 

 sent the minerals and rocks of Ontario. There is also a series illustrat- 

 ing the economic geology, especially of Canada. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, on exhibition, u,coo, in storage, 

 90oo, types and figured specimens, 348; Vertebrates and plants, 

 small collections. This department includes a teaching collection, 

 comprising 500 species of invertebrates and 178 maps and charts. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, 4800; Insects, 8500; Other invertebrates, 2000; 

 Fishes, on exhibition, 170, in storage, 200; Batrachians, ice, in storage, 

 500; Reptiles, on exhibition, 180, in storage, 2000; Birds, 3500; Mam- 

 mals, 300. There is also an insect collection of 170 specimens illus- 

 trating mimicry, and a collection of 500 bird eggs and nests. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The older collections of the university were 

 housed in the main building and suffered seriously by fire in 1890. 

 Since then collections have been gathered in several buildings and it is 

 proposed to unite these upon completion of the new museum building. 

 The museum of Victoria College is now in storage awaiting removal to 

 the new general museum, of which it will form a part. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. From the general funds of the university 

 and province. 



BUILDING. A building intended to house all the museums of the 

 university, except certain teaching collections, is in course of erection 

 in 1910. 



ADMINISTRATION. By a general curator, responsible to the presi- 

 dent of the university. 



QUEBEC 



LAUZON: 



COLLEGE ST. JOSEPH DE LEVIS. 



The college maintains a collection of several hundred birds and 

 mammals, a series of shells, minerals, insects, and other scientific ob- 

 jects, in charge of J. R. Coulombe. 



