140 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Material for exchange includes many species of tlie native 

 plants and nearly complete series of the grasses of the state^ 

 mounted on herbarium sheets, or in bunches. 



Ethnology. 50 relics of the American Indians; large collection 

 of continental and other moneys. 



Red River Valley university museum, Wahpeton. Edward P. 

 Robertson, president of the university, in charge. 



Paleontology. A few hundred specimens: series of fossils from 

 the Silurian formations of New York; from the Carboniferous- 

 formations of Pennsylvania; and from the drift of North Dakota. 



Mineralogy. Collection small and of general distribution. 



Historic geology amd lithology. A few hundred specimens illus- 

 trating various geologic formations: the lignite beds of North 

 Dakota; the Ortonville syenite; and the geology of the Bad 

 Lands of North Dakota. 



Zoology. 100 specimens representing the classes of birds, rep- 

 tiles, insects, etc. 



Botany. 200 specimens illustrating the local flora. The her- 

 barium is the result of field work of the botany class, and of 

 private study. 



Ethnology. 500 specimens confined to relics of the American 

 Indians: some Arickaree pottery from the banks of the Missouri 

 river; gleanings from various Sioux village sites; and some 

 specially fine large milling stones, used by the Indians in mak- 

 ing pemican. 



State university of North Dakota museum, Grand Forks. M. A, 

 Brannon, department of hioJogy, and E. J. Babcock, department of 

 chemistry and geology, in charge. 



Paleontology. 1000 specimens, representing fossils of the vari- 

 ous formations from the Cambrian upward, specially the Cre- 

 taceous, Laramie and Tertiary formations. Some material for 

 exchange. 



Mineralogy. 2000 specimens of wide distribution. The Black 

 Hills of South Dakota is the district best represented. Large 

 variety of clays of economic value and lignite coals for exchange. 



Economic geology. 800 specimens, including clays and clay 

 products of various kinds, coals, sandstones and soils. 



