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Mohr collection of fossils, the greater part of which is not on 

 exhibition on account of lack of space; and the most perfect 

 pair of cores of horns of Bison latifrons in existence. 



Mineralogy. 1296 specimens of general distribution. 



Litliology. 734 specimens. 



Zoology. Mammals, 150 species; including 37 species of Quad- 

 rumana; birds, 450 species, 1450 specimens, 220 sets of eggs^ 

 and 102 nests. Reptiles 103 species viz: Ophidia 43, Lacertilia 

 2Q, Ohelonia 31, Crocodilia 3^ and Batrachia caudate 35 species, 

 627 specimens, other batrachians not indexed. Fishes 391 

 species. Mollusca about 3000 species, of which only the Naiades 

 have as yet been completely indexed 389 species, recognized in 

 Simpson's Synopsis, 1497 catalogue entries. The balance of the 

 collection, though mostly classified and much of it displayed in 

 glass cases, has not as yet been indexed. 



Botany. A mounted herbarium containing about 4000 species, 

 an unassorted collection of about 10,000 unmounted specimens 

 of woods^ nuts, cones, etc. 



Ethnology. The ethnologic collections of the society have, for 

 lack of space in the museum, been deposited for the present 

 time in the art museum in Eden park, with the only exception 

 of the prehistoric Indian relics from the Cincinnati region. Of 

 these there are 122 skulls, and two large cases filled with speci- 

 mens from the so-called " prehistoric cemetery " at Madison- 

 ville, Hamilton county, just outside the city limits of Cincinnati. 



Cuvier club of Cincinnati, Cincinnati. Charles Dury, custodian 

 of the collections. 



An organization for the protection of fish and game. The so- 

 ciety possesses collections of birds and fishes, chiefly of the local 

 fauna, and a library devoted to these subjects. 



Heidelberg university, Tiffin. M. E. Kleckner, professor of 

 geology and Hology, and acting professor of chemistry and physics. 



Paleontology. Material from the Silurian. Some specially fine 

 cephalopods, Devonian, Carboniferous, Cretaceous, Tertiary 

 and Quaternary systems; 100 plaster casts of fossils, including 

 a megatherium and a mastodon skull. 



Minei^alogy. A fair presentation of the science. 



