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of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, numbering more than 20,000 

 specimens. 



Conchologij. A general collection of more than 12,000 speci- 

 mens. 



Ornithology. A general collection of 1200 mounted birds and 

 bird skins. 



General zoology. A collection of mammals, reptiles and fishes 

 and invertebrates, estimated at 15,000 specimens. 



Botany. A collection of mounted specimens of flowering 

 plants numbering 40,000 specimens including collections pre- 

 sented by William Calverly, the late Rev. Charles H. Hall D.D» 

 and the late Rev. George D. Hulst Ph.D. 



Ethnology and archeology. The William Wallace Tooker collec- 

 tion of 8000 Indian relics of Long Island. The Charles A. 

 Schieren collection of pottery from the cliff dwellers and 

 Pueblos of the southwest. The Sturgis collection (loan) of 

 implements from the South Sea islands. The C. W. Riggs collec- 

 tion of pottery from the ancient Pueblos of New Mexico and 

 Arizona. Also collections from the Swiss lake dwellers, from 

 the mounds of the Mississippi Valley, Mexico and Peru. 



Geography. Geographic collection, comprising more than 4000 

 maps, charts, cartoons, globes, models, atlases and other ap- 

 paratus and publications. 



Fi/ne arts. The Tissot collection of 450 pictures illustrating 

 the life of Christ. A collection of paintings presented to the 

 institute, and a loan collection of paintings. A collection of 

 casts representing Greek and Greco-Roman sculpture. 6000 

 photographs illustrating the history of art. Also collections of 

 engravings, etchings and coins. The Robert B. Woodward col- 

 lection of ancient glass, mainly from Syria. Collections of Jap- 

 anese pottery and articles of virtu. 



Buffalo society of natural sciences museum and library, Library 

 building, Buffalo. Elizabeth J. Letson, director; Lee H. Smith, 

 president; T. Guilford Smith, vice president; James Savage, sec- 

 rotary; Philip Smith, librarian. 



