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lAtliology. Set illustrating the types of igneous rocks of Cali- 

 fornia, specially complete in granitic rocks. Igneous rocks of 

 Arkansas; igneous and metamorphic rocks of Brazil, Wisconsin' 

 and Michigan. Set illustrating the metamorphic rocks of Cali- 

 fornia ; a set illustrating the geology of the Lake Superior region. 

 U. S. geological survey educational set of rocks. Collections of 

 crystalline rocks from various parts of the west. Some speci- 

 mens of the cr^^stalline rocks of California for exchange. 



Zoology. Collections consist of 15,346 jars of fishes entered 

 besides large collections of Japanese, Hawaiian and Philippine 

 collections not entered; 1100 jars of batrachians; 5000 jars of 

 reptiles; 5317 bird skins; 2400 mammal skins; 250 fish skeletons. 

 Invertebrate collections not entered. In entomology, 2G0 trays 

 of mounted insects, a cabinet of alcoholic specimens, about 5000 

 microscope slides illustrating development and variation, special 

 collections from Japan, Galapagos and Samoan islands, a large 

 collection of Coccidae and the most important existing collec- 

 tion of Mallophaga. Specimens of vertebrates and invertebrates 

 for exchange. 



Botany. Mounted sheets chiefly Pacific North American 

 plants; unmounted specimens of all observed spermophytes on 

 Santa Cruz Mt peninsula. Deposited by professor of botany, 

 1) collection of California plants chiefly from Inland, Nevada 

 and Monterey counties; 2) collection of plants of central New 

 York — spermophytes to fungi; 3) collection of marine algae 

 from Woods Hole. Some specimens of California spermophytes 

 for exchange. 



San Diego society of natural history, San Diego. Daniel Cleve- 

 land, president. 



Small collections of geologic material. 



Santa Clara college museum, Santa Clara. A. Cichi in charge.. 



Paleontology. 1000 specimens: Ward's college collection; a 

 good collection of corals and some of Von ZittePs charts. 



Mineralogy and geology. 2300 specimens: 250 specimens from 

 France; 1020 specimens from Germany, and over 1000 specimens 

 of ores from California and Nevada mines. 



