NATURAL HISTOHY MUSEUMS 147 



All specimens collected by the geologic survey of Ohio are 

 required by law to be placed in the charge of the state university. 



Ohio Wesleyan university, Delaware. Edward L. Rice, curator 

 w^d in charge of collections of zoology and anthropology ; Lewis G. 

 Westgate, professor of geology, in charge of collections of geology^ 

 mim^eralogy, paleontology and hotany. 



Paleontology. 5000 specimens including casts; the Devonian 

 and Silurian formations are best represented; some good De- 

 vonian fishes; collection of 1000 Ward casts. 



Mineralogy. About 2000 specimens. 



Economic geology and Uthology. About 1000 specimens. 



Zoology. General collection, corals specially well represented; 

 about 20,000 specimens of Mollusca, 500 of which are Unionidae. 

 Total number of specimens 25,000. 



Botany. About 309 specimens of woods. 



Ethnology and anthropology. About 1200 specimens, mainly 

 North American stone implements; including 500 choice and well 

 selected specimens of the William Walker collection. 



Lantern slides of geographic and geologic subjects and Ohio 

 Corniferous fossils, specially corals, for exchange. 



Otterbein university, Westerville. W. C. Whitney, professor of 

 biology and geology, in charge. 



Small working collections, of direct use in teaching, in nearly 

 all lines but not for display. 



Scio college, Scio. J. H. Beal in charge. 



Mineralogy. 2000 to 3000 specimens. 



Histmic and economic geology and Uthology. 500 to 800 speci- 

 mens. 



Zoology. 150 specimens. 



Botany. 800 to 1000 specimens of American plants and woods. 



Ethnology and anthropology. Small collection. 



Specimens are distributed throughout the departments and in 

 care of instructors using same. 



University of Wooster, Wooster. No report. 



TIrbana university museum, Urbana. John H. Williams, dean. 

 Good general collections but not at present on exhibition. 



