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piers of the Brooklyn bridge; 11 from Wheatley hill; and 6 from 

 Westbury station L. I. 



Economic geology. Marbles from the United States. 



Lithology. A few hundred specimens, including a general col- 

 lection; 168 specimens of sands, clays and peats. 



Zoology. 2000 specimens: 119 mammals; 750 specimens of the 

 birds of Long Island, representing nearly all the native species; 

 923 birds eggs ; 198 reptiles ; many of the crustaceans and nearly 

 all the shells of the Long Island coast; and a large collection 

 of land and marine shells from the East and West Indies. 



Botany. 4000 specimens: 87 species of woods native to Long 

 Island; 800 land plants, including mosses and lichens; nearly 

 complete collection of marine and fresh-water algae of Long 

 Island; a herbarium of 3000 specimens of the flora of the west- 

 ern and southern states collected by the late Prof. George Scar- 

 borough of Vineland N. J.; large collection of foreign algae; 80 

 sheets of English algae prepared by Dr John Lightfoot, author 

 of Flora Scotia, published in 1777. 



Ethnology and archeology. 1600 specimens: 782 Indian relics 

 from Long Island, including axes, scrapers, arrow and spear 

 points, pottery, etc.; 93 Indian antiquities from western mounds; 

 108 specimens taken from graves at Ancon, Peru; 18 from 

 Mexico; eight carvings from temples in southern India; musical 

 instruments from India; material from the Pacific islands; 

 Chinese games, dominos and cards; 80 Egyptian relics from 

 tombs of the kings, near Thebes, including cloths, carved wooden 

 images, heads, etc.; 92 specimens from China and Japan; a cast 

 of the Rosetta stone; and cast of the egg of the Aepyornis, or 

 " roc '' of eastern tradition; case of relics from the wars of the 

 revolution and rebellion. , 



Natural science association of Staten Island, New Brighton. C. A. 

 Ingalls, curator; Arthur Hollick, secretary. 



Mineralogy. 200 specimens: minerals from the serpentine area 

 which extends from New Brighton to Richmond, Staten Island; 

 minerals from the trap quarries at Graniteville; and those from 

 the limonite beds. 



Lithology. 200 specimens: 50 representing the native rocks of 

 Staten Island (Archaean, Paleozoic, Triassic, Cretaceous and 

 Tertiary); the remainder, erratics from the drift. 



