18 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Mineralogy. 13,000 specimens: fine material from both Amer- 

 ican and European localities; rich in minerals from Middletown, 

 Portland, Haddam, and Chatham Ct. 



Duplicate® of Connecticut minerals for exchange, specially 

 those from vicinity of Middletown. 



lAtJiology. Collections general, with special exhibits of New 

 Hampshire rocks and of the United States geological survey 

 educational series. 



Dynamic geology. Characteristic specimens showing the work 

 of atmospheric, aqueons, organic and igneous agencies. 



Zoology. 110,000 specimens: vertebrates of the United States; 

 birds of the United States, marine invertebrates of the Atlantic 

 coast; a large collection of molluscan shells, obtained chiefly by 

 the purchase of the collection of Simeon Shurtleff M. D.^ 

 smaller collections of South American birds and Australian mam- 

 mals. Duplicate shells for exchange. 



Botany. 12,000 specimens: herbarium of 5000 species, includ- 

 ing some of the collections of Joseph Baratt M. D.; specimens 

 of woods, alcoholic specimens of fungi, etc. 



Ethnology. 8000 specimens: relics of the North American In- 

 dians; weapons, implements, etc. from the South Sea islands;. 

 Chinese objects, most of which were collected by the Rev. M. L. 

 Taft D. D., president of the college at Pekin; 3000 coins, ex- 

 clusive of duplicates, among which is a large series of Chinese 

 coins, many of which are ancient and rare, presented by Dr Taft. 



DELAWARE 



Delaware college, Newark. W. H. Bishop, professor of agricul- 

 ture and botany, in charge also of zoology; T. R. Wolf, professor 

 of chemistry, geology and mineralogy, in charge also of paleontology. 



Collections general in character. 



Paleontology. 250 specimens. 



Mineralogy. 600 specimens. 



Economic and historic geology. 300 specimens. 



Zoology. 200 specimens, mostly invertebrates from the na- 

 tional museum. 



