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varieties of recent and fossil organisms described by Sir William Dawson, 

 Professor James Hall, George Jennings Hinde, T. Rupert Jones, Joseph 

 Leidy, O. C. Marsh, D. P. Penhallow, J. T. Donald, and P. P. Carpenter. 

 Hon. Curators : Sir William Dawson, Dr. B. J. Harrington, Dr. D. P. 

 Penhallow, Dr. F. D. Adams, Dr. W, E. Deeks, Peter Redpath Museum, 

 Montreal. 



Museum of the Natural History Society of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. — 

 Total number of specimens displayed and classified, 18,250. Of these the 

 zoological collections comprise nearly two-thirds, viz., 11,220 specimens, 

 as follows : — 



Mammals (mounted) 150 



Birds (mounted) 1,300 » 



Eeptiles (mounted) 50 



Fish (mounted) 120 



Shells, classified and labelled .... 4,000 



Crustacea 200 ' 



Insects 5,000 



Kadiates ........ 150 



Corals and sponges 250 



11,220 



These 11,220 specimens, together with a botanical collection of Cana- 

 dian and British plants, numbering 1,600 sheets, make up the total of 

 12,820 biological specimens. The geological collections comprise 1,500 

 rocks and fossils, besides 2,500 minerals, amongst which are some rare 

 old finds. Of birds' eggs there is a collection of 160 specimens. 



There is also the ' Terrier collection ' of Egyptian antiquities, pre- 

 sented in 1859 ; the ' C. U. Shepard collection ' of minerals, numbering 600 

 specimens ; and a rare collection of birds from the Malay Archipelago 

 presented by H. J. Tiffin, Esq., in 1892. 



The collections in this museum have been enriched from time to time 

 by private donations, and much of the work in classification is due to Sir 

 William Dawson, Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, the late Mr. E. Billings, and many 

 others. This society received provincial aid for a number of years, but is 

 now supported by the members of the Natural History Society of Mon- 

 treal. (Curator : J. B. Williams, Esq., 32 University Street, Montreal, 

 Quebec. 



Museum of the Geological Survey of Cavada — the National Museum of 

 Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. — Contains some 92,000 specimens, arranged and 

 classified for reference. The finest and most complete collection of Cana- 

 dian minerals, rocks, and fossils. The geological cabinets and cases 

 include upwards of 14,000 specimens of minerals and rocks, illustrating 

 the mines and mining industry of Canada, besides a typical collection of 

 16,000 fossil organic remains neatly labelled and classified, representing 

 about 4,600 species, of which about 1,000 are the types of species de- 

 scribed by the late E. Billings, and some 600 types described by Mr. 

 Whiteaves. Other type specimens of fossil organic remains in the collec- 

 tion are the types of species established by Sir Wm. Dawson, Sir W. E. 

 Logan, J. W. Salter, Dr. S. H. Scudder, Professor T. Rupert Jones, 

 Professor E. O. Ulricli, Professor E. D. Cope, Professor H. Alleyne 

 Nicholson, Dr. Henry Woodward, Profes.sor James Hall, Dr. Arthur H. 



' 600 of these are Canadian. 



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