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Minera^gy. About 3000 specimens in the general collection 

 representing about equally the principal groups of minerals, pur- 

 chased soon after the founding of the college from Ward's 

 establishment, together with more recent additions; also a 

 lecture room collection of 500 specimens always accessible tO' 

 students in mineralogy. The ores and varieties of quartz are 

 the more fully represented; there are also a large number of 

 specimens of small size illustrating various crystalline forms; 

 there are sets representing the various varieties of physical 

 properties in minerals, and full sets of glass and wooden models- 

 of crystal forms. 



lAthology. 800 specimens of rocks, including a selected repre- 

 sentative collection of 150 typical rocks donated by the United 

 States geological survey. There are about 100 microscopic sec- 

 tions of different kinds of rocks. 



Zoology. 25,090 specimens including Foraminifera, plaster 

 models, 150; Foraminifera, actual models, 200; sponges, 100; 

 corals, 400; echinoderms and crinoids, 300; mollusks, chiefly 

 shells, 18,000; crustaceans, 300; insects, 600; fishes, batrachians 

 and reptiles, 40; birds, mounted and skins, 2600; birds eggs, 800; 

 birds nests, 150; mammals, 100; osteologic specimens and various 

 models, 400; alcoholic specimens (miscellaneous), 800; zoologic 

 microscopic slides, 200. 



Botany. 1700 specimens including the Merrill collection of 

 ferns (pressed), 1000 specimens; a collection of ferns from the 

 Hawaiian islands, 100 specimens; a general herbarium, 1500* 

 specimens; 100 specimens of plants in many cases with open 

 flowers, finely preserved in alcohol. * 



An adjunct to the museum is the Eleanor conservatory, con- 

 taining many valuable plants (at least 1500) representative of 

 the leading families, with facilities for their study. 



Ethnology and awthropology . About 770 specimens, including 

 arrowheads from many of our states, 350 specimens; Erminie 

 A. Smith collection of ethnologic specimens of the Zuni Indians, 

 200; Orton collection of South American ethnologic and arche- 

 ologic specimens, including valuable pottery, an ancient Peru- 

 vian mummy and a very rare compressed human head from the 



