NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 93 



Paleontology. 2000 specimens representing all geologic ages 

 specially Upper and Lower Silurian, Tertiary and Miocene. 

 Specimens of Lower Silurian brachiopods and Upper Silurian 

 trilobites, and Montana Middle Cambrian and Cretaceous for 

 exchange. 



Mineralogy. 5000 specimens of Montana gold, silver, copper 

 and lead ores; metallic minerals and their associates. Speci- 

 mens of chalcocite, bornite, stephanite, bismuthinite, vanadi- 

 nite, asphaltum, corundum, enargite, unusually fine goslarite 

 and hyalite for exchange. 



Historic and economic geology. 500 specimens: an educational 

 series of rocks; Judith mountain series; Montana rocks gen- 

 erally; 113 Voight and Hochgesang oriented sections of rock- 

 forming minerals. Montana metamorphics and oFuptives for 

 exchange. 



Zoology. 3500 species, 7000 specimens: representative ani- 

 mals used in demonstration before classes, and Montana verte- 

 brates (particularly birds) and insects. Specimens of birds and 

 Insects for exchange. 



Botany. Herbarium of 6000 mounted specimens and as many 

 more unmounted; several specimens of fungi, seeds, cones, etc. 

 in trays for exhibition purposes, and 40 specimens of the native 

 woods of the state. Specimens for exchange. 



NEBRASKA 



Creighton university museum, Omaha. William F. Rigge in 

 charge. 



The museum includes altogether 10,000 specimens, arranged 

 for use in instructing students and including representative and 

 characteristic rather than rare specimens. 



Mineralogy. 500 labeled and classified specimens, and as many 

 more unclassified. 



Doane college biological and geological museum, Crete. D. B. 

 Perry, president, in charge. 



Paleontology. 350 specimens, mostly from the Silurian rocks^ 

 but covering nearly all geologic periods. 



Mineralogy. 600 specimens. 



