REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I915 I7 



Enlargement of the paleontology collections. A very con- 

 siderable amount of additional material has been installed in the 

 paleontology collections, principally of invertebrates from the 

 Paleozoic rocks of New York and from other Paleozoic regions 

 which have been the subject of investigation and report here. 

 Among such material which has been the basis of published studies 

 by the Museum officers and selected parts of which are exhibited, 

 are the Devonian fossils of the Falkland islands, undoubtedly the 

 most complete series ever brought together, made by the coopera- 

 tion of Governor and Mrs Allardyce of that province, and by the 

 acquisition of the collections brought together by the Swedish 

 Magellanian Expedition; the Devonian fossils of Argentina 

 acquired by the aid of the Argentina Geological Survey and of 

 Professor Bodenbender of Cordoba; the Devonian fossils of 

 Brazil; of Constantinople; of Germany and elsewhere. 



The hall of invertebrate paleontology now contains 104 cases and 

 6 large exposed mounts. 



In the hall of vertebrate fossils a new case has been added of 

 Devonian fishes with representations of their living descendants 

 and a case containing parts of two skeletons of the extinct peccary 

 Platy gomes, from Gainesville, N. Y., to which further reference is 

 made in the report of the Paleontologist. 



Installations in zoology hall. Much has been done and a good 

 deal remains to be done in the completion of the representations of 

 the State fauna. There is now installed a practically complete 

 series of the land and water birds of the State; an extensive and 

 fine series of domesticated fowl, most of them prize specimens ; the 

 collection of reptiles and batrachians is effective, but for lack of 

 adequate space is not completed; the mollusca of the State are but 

 partially displayed and the lesser invertebrates are still poorly 

 represented. Of the habitat groups there are now the following 

 and it hardly seems possible with the present floor space to increase 

 their number: 



puma 





Mammals 



I Black bear 



8 Opossum 



2 Buft'alo 



9 Panther or p 



3 Canada lynx 



10 Red fox 



4 Fisher 



II Sewer rats 



5 Mink 



12 Virginia deer 



6 Moose 



13 Woodchuck 



7 Muskrat 





