Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered at second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 473 ALBANY, N. Y. June 15, 1910 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Museum Bulletin 140 



SIXTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 

 SCIENCE DIVISION 



INCLUDING THE 



63d REPORT OF THE STATE MUSEUM, THE 29th REPORT OF 

 THE STATE GEOLOGIST, AND THE REPORT OF THE 

 STATE PALEONTOLOGIST FOR 1909 



DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1909 



INTRODUCTION 



This report covers all divisions of the scientific work under the 

 charge of the Education Department and concerns the progress 

 made therein during the fiscal year 1908-9. It constitutes the 63d 

 annual report of the State Museum and is introductory to all the 

 scientific memoirs, bulletins and other publications issued from 

 this office during the year mentioned. 



Under the action of the Regents of the University (April 26, 

 1904) the work of the Science Division is ''under the immediate 

 supervision of the Commissioner of Education/' and the advisory 

 committee of the Board of Regents of the University having the 

 affairs of this division in charge are the Honorables: T. Guilford 

 Smith LL.D., Buffalo; Daniel Beach LL.D., Watkins; Lucian L. 

 Shedden LL.D., Plattsburg. 



The subjects to be presented in this report are considered under 

 the following chapters : 



