NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 71 



Historic geology. Specimens from the Triassic sandstone of the 

 Connecticut valley showing fossil footprints. 



Dynamic geology. 650 specimens. 



Zoology. 4200 specimens: a series of mammals; a series of 

 mounted birds, 12 bird groups, three mammal groups and a col- 

 lection of the eggs of local birds; a few skeletons; a series of 

 fishes; a series of corals, and collections of shells and of local 

 insects. 



Botany. A series of North American woods; woods of Nassau 

 and California; an exhibit of Indian corn, and one of vegetable 

 fibers. Herbarium, 1014 sheets. 



Ethnology. 2000 specimens : Mexican curios ; local relics of the 

 American Indian; Russian and Scandinavian material; casts of 

 some prehistoric implements; some relics of the colonial and 

 revolutionary wars. 



Clark hall and Thompson biological laboratory, Williams college, 

 Williamstown. H. F. Cleland, instructor in geology and botany, 

 in charge of Clark hall, and S. F. Clarke, professor of natural 

 history, in charge of the biologic laboratory. 



Paleontology. 3000 specimens: fair representation of all for- 

 mations, augmented by Emmons's, valuable type specimens from 

 the Triassic strata of North Carolina. 



Mineralogy. 1250 specimens: general, best representing cal- 

 cite, augite, hornblende and scapolite. 



Historic geology and Uthology. A petrographic collection of 500 

 specimens; a series of 250 illustrating structural geology; ma- 

 terial from the local geology about Williamstown. 



Zoology. 1000 specimens of mollusks in Clark hall; many forms 

 of mammals, birds, fishes, and invertebrates, Jackson Hall. 



Botany. Three or four separate herbariums of importance; 

 minor collections of Hepaticae and Musci. 



Ethnology and archeology. A cast of the Rosetta stone; three 

 Assyrian slabs obtained by Rawlinson and Layard; several 

 Babylonian blocks with cuneiform inscriptions; Central Ameri- 

 can sculpture and sundry articles collected by missionaries; local 

 antiquities relating to the French and Indian wars. 



