﻿Education 
  Department 
  Bulletin 
  

  

  Published 
  fortnightly 
  by 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

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

   act 
  of 
  Congress 
  of 
  July 
  16, 
  1894 
  

  

  NO. 
  428 
  

  

  ALBANY, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  AUGUST 
  1, 
  1908 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

   Museum 
  bulletin 
  121 
  

  

  FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  

   OF 
  THE 
  SCIENCE 
  DIVISION 
  

  

  INCLUDING 
  THE 
  

  

  6ist 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM, 
  THE 
  27TH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  

  

  THE 
  STATE 
  GEOLOGIST, 
  AND 
  THE 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  

  

  THE 
  STATE 
  PALEONTOLOGIST 
  FOR 
  1907 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  Introduction 
  5 
  

  

  I 
  Condition 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  

  

  collections 
  6 
  

  

  II 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  geological 
  

  

  survey 
  10 
  

  

  Geological 
  survey 
  10 
  

  

  Seismological 
  station 
  35 
  

  

  Mineralogy 
  39 
  

  

  Paleontology 
  40 
  

  

  Field 
  meeting 
  of 
  American 
  

  

  geologists 
  64 
  

  

  III 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Botanist 
  74 
  

  

  IV 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Ento- 
  

  

  mologist 
  78 
  

  

  V 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  zoology 
  sec- 
  

  

  tion 
  83 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  VI 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  archeology 
  

  

  section 
  85 
  

  

  The 
  wampums 
  of 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  Confederacy 
  85 
  

  

  Field 
  work 
  in 
  archeology, 
  

   1907 
  87 
  

  

  VII 
  A 
  State 
  Historical 
  Museum 
  in 
  

  

  VIII 
  Publications 
  115 
  

  

  IX 
  Staff 
  121 
  

  

  X 
  Accessions 
  123 
  

  

  XI 
  Appendix: 
  Localities 
  of 
  

  

  American 
  Paleozoic 
  

   fossils 
  140 
  

  

  The 
  Beginnings 
  of 
  Dependent 
  

  

  Life. 
  John 
  M. 
  Clarke 
  146 
  

  

  Index 
  197 
  

  

  