184 NirW YORK STATE! MUSEUM 



Mmeralogy. 4000 specimens of Washington minerals, ar- 

 ranged according to Dana. 



Economic and historic geology. 2000 specimens of ores of gold 

 and silver; other ores, such as iron, copper, lead etc., 600; min- 

 erals^, 2500; coals, including all varieties, 100; building stones 

 and claj^s, 50; 300 specimens illustrative of the state's geology. 



Zoology. Small collection of mounted mammals, mostly local 

 species; considerable collection of mounted birds, mostly in- 

 digenous species or from Alaska; 100 specimens of mounted 

 fishes; fairly complete series of the marine invertebrates of 

 Puget sound, specially Mollusca and Echinodermata; miscel- 

 laneous collection of marine invertebrates from various parts 

 of the Pacific coast and elsewhere; a collection of many thou- 

 sands of insects. Limited number of specimens for exchange. 



Botany. 4000 specimens from Washington; 500 from Mich- 

 igan; 2000 from Alaska. 



EtJi/rwlogy and anthropology. Material collected by the state 

 for exhibition at the World's Columbian exposition and after- 

 ward donated to the museum. It illustrates the industrial life 

 of the local Indian tribes. 



Vashon college, Burton. No report. 



WEST VIRGINIA 



West Virginia university, Morgantown. S. B. Brown, curator. 



Paleontology. 2000 specimens: 500 genera, 700 species; coal 

 plants and other Carboniferous fossils well represented; the 

 original fossil plants from which the plates in the volume on 

 the Permian flora of Penmsylvania were made. 



Mineralogy. 1300 specimens, 400 mineral species. Economic 

 minerals well represented. 



Historic and economic geology and lithology. 500 specimens: 

 building istoneis and mining exhibits. 



Zoology. Working collections. 



Botany. 3000 specimens: mainly the flora of West Virginia. 



Ethnology and anthropology. 500 specimens: ancient stone 

 weapons and utensils. , 



