l^ATURAL HTSTORT MUSETTMS^ 185 



WISCONSIN 



Beloit college, Logan museum, Beloit. George L. Collie, curator. 



Paleontology. 1500 specimens including fossils from all the geo- 

 logic periods. The Trenton group is well represented, as a fine 

 section of the Trenton limestone is exposed at Beloit, and the col- 

 lection contains many type specimens from these strata. The 

 Mesozoic formations are also well represented by European 

 forms, mainly ammonites; the Tertiary by European forms. Many 

 specimens from the Trenton group for exchange; also material 

 from the Mesozoic and Tertiary of Europe. 



Mineralogy. 600 specimens designed to illustrate as fully as 

 possible Dana's Textbook of mineralogy, and particularly rich in 

 quartz and calcite, mainly from Wisconsin. Calcite is the only 

 material offered for exchange. 



Historic geology. Ward's series of typical specimens from New 

 York state. 



Litliology. The series of specimens' issued by Krantz of Bonn 

 illustrating Rosenbusch's Manual, and that issued by Sturtz of 

 Bonn, illustrating the typical massive rocks; also a series issued 

 by Kuntze of Iowa City illustrating typical American localities 

 has been added recently. 



Economic geology. 800 specimens: a series of specimens illus- 

 trating the chief ore bodies of the west; a large collection of ores 

 obtained from the World's Columbian exposition, illustrating 

 the occurrences in Australia, Canada and Turkey. Many dupli- 

 cates of ores from various parts of the world for exchange. 



Zoology. The Williard zoologic collection of 1000 specimens, 

 representative of the birds, and tjo a less extent of the mammals 

 of Wisconsin; 200 species of birds eggs in storage; and a large 

 collection of shells not well labeled. Many bird skins for 

 exchange. 



Botany. 1500 specimens: a herbarium of Wisconsin flowering 

 plants; the Ellis collection of fungi. 



Ethnology. 2500 specimens: a large number of mortars and 

 pestles, and mealing stones ; Mound Builders and modern Mexi- 

 can pottery; aboriginal tools, spear and arrowheads, among which 

 are many obsidian pieces; numerous articles of adornment, pipes, 



