^0 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Historic geology and Uthology. 3500 specimens: alluvial and 

 diluvial material; the Eoceuv' Miocene, Pliocene and Carbon- 

 iferous formations; chalk, greensand, oolite, red sandstone, coal, 

 limestone, clay slate, mica slate, gneiss and eruptive rocks; 

 rocks of Worcester county. 



Zoology. 15,000 specimens: mammals, 630; birds, 400, 300 

 nests and eggs; reptiles, 165; fishes, 70; insects, 2000; crusta- 

 ceans, 75; and 8000 lower invertebrates. 



Botany. 1500 specimens: miscellaneous herbarium illustrating 

 the flora of North America and of England; and a herbarium of 

 Worcester county flora. 



Collections specially illustrative of Worcester county. 



Any of the specimens are lent for private study, and to the 

 ^Worcester public schools for illustration of natural history 

 lessons. Classes in various branches of natural history, both 

 -for adults and children, are conducted yearly. 



MICHIGAN 

 Albion college, Albion. No report. 



Alma college, Francis L. Hood memorial museum, Alma. E. H. 

 Harper, professor of biology, curator, with one assistant, who is 

 usually a student. 



Paleontology, 2500 specimens: the Shroyer -Wilcox collection 

 of 1000 species from the Cincinnati group; large general collec- 

 tion ; two or three hundred epecies mainly corals from the drift 

 and representing the various Lower Silurian types. 



Mineralogy. 5000 specimens: silicates from Maine; lead and 

 zinc ores from Joplin Mo.; and iron and copper ores from the 

 upper peninsula of Michigan. 



Historic and economic geology. 1000 specimens, illustrating the 

 historic geology of the state ; metamorphosis and degradation of 

 rocks; building stones of the state; metals, their ores and pro- 

 ducts. 



Zoology. 2500 specimens: Michigan mammals; birds of Michi- 

 gan, with nests and eggs; birds of Florida, and a few species 

 from Arizona; some alcoholic specimens of invertebrates; small 



