NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 167 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



Claflin university, Orangeburg. W. J. Morrill, director. 



Paleontology. 250 speciraens: teeth and bones from phosphate 

 rock. 



Mineralogy. 3000 specimens: kaolinite, monazite sand and 

 other South Carolina minerals. 



Historic and economic geology and lithology. 300 specimens. 



Zoology. 1500 specimens: mammals, birds, reptiles, shellfish, 

 insects and lower forms. Coleoptera and Lepidoptera for ex- 

 change. 



Botany. 1000 specimens: pressed plants and blocks of wood 

 sections. South Carolina species of jessamine, azalea, dogwood, 

 magnolia, long-leaf pine, etc. for exchange. 



College of Charleston, Charleston. George H. Ashley, curator 

 and professor of biology and geology, in charge. 



Paleontology. 5000 specimens, including many types of fossils 

 from phosphate beds. Tertiary invertebrates from Alabama, 

 and a small collection from Europe and points in this country. 

 The Tertiary is well represented. The museum has for exchange 

 some shark's teeth from type localities. 



Mineralogy. About 2000 specimens. Shepard collection of 

 phosphate rocks, native and foreign; a collection of Russian 

 minerals; Florida phosphates; Shepard general collection and 

 small collections. 



Economic and historic geology and lithology. About 200 or 300 

 specimens. 



Zoology. About 7000 specimens. Mammals, mounted skins 

 200, one fourth of which are characteristic exotic species, and 

 one fourth range in size from the camel to the Malay tapir; 

 skeletons 125; birds, mounted skins 800, including a large and 

 choice series of exotic forms, skeletons 50, eggs 250, nests 70; 

 reptiles and amphibians, mounted skins 75, skeletonsi 20^ in 

 alcohol 95 jars; fishes, mounted skins 100, skeletons 20, in 

 alcohol 115 jars; invertebrates, 5000; types of Audubon and 

 Bachman's mammals. The museum has for exchange some 

 specimens of mollusks, etc. 



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