148 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM ' 



Western Reserve University, Cleveland. F. H. Herrick, curator 

 of biology; H. P. Gushing, curator of geology. 



Paleontology. 6000 specimens: the S. G. Williams collection, 

 mainly of New York Paleozoic, 2500; various small gifts and 

 purchases; Silurian, Devonian and Eo-Carboniferous best repre- 

 sented. 



Mineralogy. 2500 specimens: a very old collection obtained 

 by purchase and by donations of Dr Kirtland and Col. Whit- 

 tlesey; small and scattering recent additions. 



Lithology. 1200 specimens mostly igneous rocks. 



Zoology. 10,000 specimens: the E. K. Winslow collection of 

 birds; the Kirtland society of natural history collection; private 

 collection of the late Dr J. P. Kirtland ; the general collection of 

 Western Reserve university. 



Botany. 1000 specimens: fairly complete collection of the 

 Ohio flora. 



OKLAHOMA 



University of Oklahoma, Norman. Charles N. Gould, curator. 

 Museum collections destroyed by fire January 1902, new 

 material is now being secured. 



OREGON 



Oregon state agricultural college museum, Corvallis. A. B. Cord- 

 ley, professor of zoology, in charge of museum; W. T. Shaw, 

 assistant. 



Mineralogy. 1000 specimens. 



Zoology. Small collection of Oregon mammals, Oregon birds 

 and marine invertebrates. 



Entomology. 75,000 specimens of Oregon insects, mostly 

 Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera and Hemiptera. 



Specimens of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera and Hymenop- 

 tera for exchange. 



Botany. 8000 to 10,000 specimens of phanerogams and vascu- 

 lar cryptogams. 10,000 to 15,000 unclassified specimens. About 

 500 fungi, etc. About 10,000 to 15,000 specimens of Oregon and 

 Washington phanerogams and vascular cryptogams for ex- 

 change. 



