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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Much material for exchange from the Hudson, Niagara^ 

 Corniferous and Coal Measures. 

 Mineralogy. 500 specimens. 



Economic geology and lithology. The economic museum con- 

 tains about 2000 specimens il'lustrating Ohio material; in lith- 

 ology there are about 500 specimens, including the Hawes col- 

 lection from New Hampshire; the Williams collection from Bal- 

 timore; the Rohn collection from Lake Superior and the Krantz 

 and Rosenbusch collections from Europe. Besides these the 

 museum contains the Voigt and Hochgesang collections of thiu 

 sections of minerals and rocks. 



Iron ores, building stones, coals and crude oils from Ohio for 

 exchange. 



Zoology. 25 mounted and 50 alcoholic specimens of mammals;. 

 250 mounted specimens and 2500 skins of birds, mostly from 

 North America; 100 jars of reptiles, 45 jars of batrachians, 289 

 jars of fishes, 96 jars of invertebrates, 300 skeletons, skulls and 

 anatomic preparations; 3500 specimens of mollusks; and about 

 40,000 specimens of insects. Total number about 50,000 speci- 

 mens. The Ohio fauna is well represented throughout the col- 

 lection. 



Entomologic specimens for exchange. 



Botany. 3000 museum specimens, 80,000 herbarium specimens : 

 a general herbarium of 30,000 mounted sheets; state herbarium 

 of 20,000 mounted sheets of spermatophytes and pteridophytes ; 

 about 10,000 bryophytes and thallophytes; the W. A. Kellerman 

 herbarium of 20,000 parasitic fungi; a museum consisting of 3000 

 specimens of 1) native trees of Ohio shown by sections of trunks^ 

 bark, slabs of wood, polished wood, twigs, leaves, flowers and 

 fruit; 2) wood panels; 3) economic products; 4) medicinal plant* 

 of Ohio; 5) miscellaneous specimens. 



Some herbarium specimens for exchange, principally fungi. 



Ethnology and anthropology. 100,000 specimens representing^ 

 archeologic material from every county in the state. 



Archeologic material for exchange. 



The museum also contains specimens of books printed in 

 Ohio; specimens illustrating the settlement of Ohio and the 

 Northwest territory. 



