﻿Education 
  Department 
  Bulletin 
  

  

  Published 
  fortnightly 
  by 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Entered 
  as 
  second-class 
  matter 
  at 
  the 
  Post 
  Office 
  at 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  March 
  3, 
  1908, 
  under 
  

   the 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  of 
  July 
  16, 
  1894 
  

  

  NO. 
  428 
  ALBANY, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  AUGUST 
  1, 
  1908 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Slate 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

  

  Museum 
  bulletin 
  121 
  

  

  FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   SCIENCE 
  DIVISION 
  

  

  INCLUDING 
  THE 
  

  

  6 
  1 
  st 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM, 
  THE 
  27th 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  

  

  THE 
  STATE 
  GEOLOGIST, 
  AND 
  THE 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  STATE 
  PALEONTOLOGIST 
  FOR 
  1907 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  1907 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  This 
  report 
  covers 
  all 
  departments 
  of 
  scientific 
  work 
  under 
  the 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  Education 
  Department 
  and 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  and 
  concerns 
  the 
  progress 
  made 
  therein 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  1906-7. 
  It 
  constitutes 
  the 
  61 
  st 
  annual 
  report 
  on 
  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.B., 
  Plattsburg. 
  

  

  