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New York State Museum Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27, 1915, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., 

 under the act of August 24, 19 12 



Published monthly by The University of the State of New York 



No. 196 



ALBANY, N, Y. 



April i, 1917 



The University of the State of New York 

 New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF 



THE STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE 



DEPARTMENT 



INCLUDING THE SEVENTIETH REPORT OF THE STATE 



MUSEUM, THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPORT OF THE 



STATE GEOLOGIST AND THE REPORT OF THE 



STATE PALEONTOLOGIST FOR 1916 



PAGE 



Introduction 7 



I Legal status and scope of the 

 State Museum 9 



II Present condition of the Mus- 

 eum 10 



III Condition of the scientific res- 

 ervations belonging to the Mu- 

 seum 19 



IV Department publications .... 21 



V Considerations for future 

 growth of the Museum 22 



VI Report of the geological sur- 

 vey 24 



VII Report of the State Botanist 50 



VIII Report of the State Ento- 

 mologist 55 



IX Report of the Zoologist 65 



X Report of the Archeologist ... 67 



XI Staff of the Department of 

 Science 76 



XII Accessions to the collections 78 



XIII Scientific papers 



The Philosophy of Geology and 

 the Order of the State. J . M. 

 Clarke 93 



Paleontology of Arrested Evo- 

 lution. Rudolf Ruedemann 107 



Geology and Public Service. 

 G. O. Smith 135 



Plastic Deformation of Gren- 

 ville Limestone. D. H. New- 

 land 145 



Interesting Geological Features 

 at the Champlain Assembly, 

 Cliff Haven, N. Y. G. H. 



Hudson 149 



Some Structural Features of 

 a Fossil Embryo Crinoid. 



G. H. Hudson 161 



Notes on the Banner Stone, with 

 Some Inquiries as to Its Pur- 

 pose. A. C. Parker 165 



Contributions to the Paleon- 

 tology of New York 

 Devonian Glass Sponges. 



J. M. Clarke 177 



Strand and Undertow Mark- 

 ings of Upper Devonian 

 Time as Indications of the 

 Prevailing Climate. J. M. 



Clarke 199 



Primary and Secondary Stres- 

 ses. J. M. Clarke 239 



The Mining and Quarry In- 

 dustry of New York State. 



D. H. Newland 247 



Index 305 



