450 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
In addition to the lithological collection is another of some 700 ya 
mens arranged statigraphically and designed to precede the iat, ” tis 
geological formation. Of special collections we noticed a beautiiu Fie 
of 350 polished blocks of Italian marbles and ornamental stones a 
and arranged by Prof. Meneghini of Pisa: a series of 180 Tose T i. ) 
100 from Monte Bolea; 120 from the Paris Basin; 80 from yt 
m Lake Superior; and 200 from Central France. There iv . — 
superior special collection from Mt. Vesuvius, selected from d a “i 
eabinet. Thus the total of rock specimens reaches about 5000, 5 dier 
mounted and labelled, The whole is arranged on the system of Cordier, 
It is difficult to form an estimate of the extent and value of aP a 
ogi lection by a statement of numerical quantities. th pee ies 
safe to state that Prof. Ward’s collection contains 8,000 distinct ssi 
of fossils from European localities represented by 25,000 ery the 
sides the collection of fossils from American localities. Some Sie 
genera we noticed as particularly rich in species. Thus there ar T°" 
540 species o ites, inoderms, 150 A 
Trilobites. When completely arranged it is believed that this collection 
will require about 40,000 labels. : Ward's al 
Unique specimens are represented by casts in which Prof. Wa inifere 
lection is peculiarly rich, embracing, if the Trilobites and Foram 
are included, over 200 genera. 
Thus the famous agen Hoffmanni from the Garden of digi 
as to Prof. Ward’s collection. 
* : : * has 
“A fine plaster cast of the head of a Deinotherium of the natural 812 1 > 
just been added to the cabinet of Amherst College. As this is the grog 
hi ae fpecunee ever prepared in this coon, | have thong dere 
might like a brief notice of it. It was executed in ochester, N. from a COPY 
direction of Prof. Henry A. Ward, of the University in that place, fr : 
recently received by him from Germany, is done 
_ it makes a very im on the behol . 
al must have been shat insane of all terrestrial quadrupeds yet discov” 
a copy 
skillfully 2n¢ | 
. oon One sees 
ered, if indeed it was such, and that the power of the curved tusks in or 
