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Paleontology. 31,000 specimens including duplicates: 1598 

 labeled fossils from foreign localities; tlie local collection of 567 

 •specimens, particularly rich in crustaceans from the Waterlime 

 group in the vicinity of Buffalo, there being some 80 varieties 

 and 200 specimens of Pterygotus, Eurypterus, and Ceratiocaris; 

 some interesting fish remains from the Corniferous, Hamilton 

 and Portage groups, among which are specimens of the ven- 

 tral armor of Dinichthys, plates of Homosteus(?), scales of Pale- 

 oniscus, etc. Material from the vicinity of Buffalo for exchange. 



Min&i^alogy. The " Wadsworth collection " of 2836 specimens 

 almost entirely from European localities, and specially rich in 

 fine groups of fluorite, calcite, quartz and iron ore, of which 

 there are some duplicates for exchange. 



Historic geology. Local 573 specimens; general 1602 specimens. 



Lithology. 2505 specimens. 



Zoology. 7079 specimens: herpetology, 441; ichthyology, 144; 

 conchology, 3332; entomology, 1535; ornithology, collection of 

 479 local and 596 foreign birds; 460 trays of eggs; mammalogy, 

 92 specimens, including a series of six American bison, whose 

 fur shows the changes undergone at different seasons of the 

 year. 



Botany. 14,935 specimens: a very complete herbarium from 

 Buffalo and vicinity. 



Ethnology. 5000 specimens : 300 specimens of pottery from the 

 province of Chiriqui, Central America; relics of the mound 

 builders, mostly from Arkansas ; and cliff dwellers pottery from 

 Colorado; 3000 relics of the American Indians from their burial 

 grounds near Buffalo. The greater part of these specimens are 

 pottery, with a few fiint implements. A large collection of 

 North American Indian baskets and collection of material from 

 the west coast of Africa. 



One room in the building is devoted to the geology of Buffalo 

 and vicinity. 



Buffalo state normal school museum, Buffalo. I. P. Bishop in 

 charge. 



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