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Joseph Wilcox collection of Pliocene fossils; the Conrad and 

 Gabb collections, containing many of Conrad's type specimens; 

 an extensive collection of vertebrate fossils, among which are 

 many of the types described by Cope, and Leidy. 



Mineralogy. 16,000 trays of specimens: large general collec- 

 tion; the William S. Vaux collection, specially endowed and con- 

 stantly increasing — most of the specimens being exceptionally 

 fine. 



Historic geology and lithology. Several thousand specimens not 

 at present arranged for exhibition. 



Zoology. 1,059,400 specimens: 9000 mammals, representing 

 species from all parts of the world, including mounted and un- 

 mounted skins and skeletons; one of the finest collections of 

 birds in America, numbering 46,000 specimens; mounted and 

 unmounted skins, including the type specimens described in 

 Gould's Birds of Australia, as well as many described by Cassin^ 

 Townsend and others; 4400 jars of reptiles, including many 

 type specimens described by Cope; 4000 specimen jars of fishes 

 from all regions, including the Bonaparte collection; 850,000 

 specimens of mollusks, forming the largest collection in Amer- 

 ica, and including many type specimens described by Try on, 

 Lea, Say, Pilsbry, and others; 126,000 insects, including the 

 Martindale collection of Lepidoptera; and the George H. Horn 

 collection of Coleoptera. 20,000 specimens of other inverte- 

 brates, specially of crustaceans and echinoderms. 



Botany. 200,000 specimens representing 40,000 species: col- 

 lections of Nuttall, Kead, Buchley, LeConte, Shortt and others; 

 most of the series made by recent collectors in America; very 

 large herbarium of old world plants; the Ellis and Everhart col- 

 lection of fungi; the George A. Bex collection of Myxomycetes. 



Ethnology. 10,000 specimens: a general collection; the Clar- 

 ence B. Moore relics of the Florida and Georgia mound Indians; 

 the Peary relief expedition collection from Greenland; the Halde- 

 man remains of North America Indians and native tribes of 

 British Guiana; and the Morton collection of crania numbering 

 1100 specimens. 



Exchanges made in all departments. 



One room of the museum is devoted to the natural history of 

 eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and contains collections^ 



