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CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Staff. Curator-in-charge, Frank C. Baker; Honorary curators, 

 T. C. Chamberlin (general geology), Stuart Weller (paleontology), 

 Oliver C. Farrington (mineralogy), E. J. Hill (botany); Ornithologist 

 and taxidermist, Frank M. Woodruff; 1 museum aid, 2 office assistants, 

 and 3 janitors, who also act as guards on Sundays, holidays, and other 

 special occasions. 



Botany. A general herbarium of about 10,000 specimens, 

 mostly local. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 1634, in storage, 9036; Rocks, 

 on exhibition, 26S, in storage, 297; Dynamic geology, relief maps, 

 models, etc., 125; Economic geology, 488. Economic exhibits are a 

 feature of this department and special collections of this sort include 

 gems and gem minerals, iron and steel, asbestos, aluminum, carbo- 

 rundum, radium and radio-activity. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, on exhibition, 2ooo±, in storage, 

 18,700+, types and figured specimens, 200; Vertebrates, on exhibition, 

 50, in storage, 25, types and figured specimens, 1 ; Plants, on exhibition, 

 500, in storage, iooo±. These collections include a nearly complete 

 collection of Niagara fossils from the Chicago region, containing about 

 30 type specimens; a mounted skeleton of Elephas columbi, partly 

 restored; the Dr. John H. Britts Missouri coal plants, part of the 

 basis for monograph 37, United States Geological Survey; the William 

 C. Egan Chicago and Mississippi Valley collection, containing types 

 of Weller and Miller. 



Zoology. Shells, on exhibition, 12,691, in storage, 147,000+, 

 types and figured specimens, 2500+; Insects, on exhibition, 4000+, in 

 storage, 30,000+, types and figured specimens, 2; Other invertebrates, 

 on exhibition, iooo±, in storage, 2000+, types and figured specimens, 

 1; Fishes, 147; Batrachians, on exhibition, 23, in storage, 150; Reptiles, 

 on exhibition, 80, in storage, 305; Birds, on exhibition, 900, in storage, 

 4100+; Mammals, on exhibition, 147, in storage, 232; Eggs and nests, 

 on exhibition, 100, in storage, 2500+. These exhibits include exten- 

 sive local collections of mollusks, birds, fossils, and minerals. The 

 exhibit of economic mollusks includes 800 specimens. 50 small and 

 7 large groups of animals are exhibited in natural surroundings. 



School Loan Collections.. Birds, 18 collections, comprising 

 about 100 specimens, and about 300 lantern slides; Mammals, 1 collec- 

 tion of 6 specimens; Fishes, 1 collection of 4 specimens; Mollusks, 300; 

 Insects, 50; Microscopic sections of Illinois shrubs and trees, 300; 

 Industries, 10 collections comprising about 200 specimens. The col- 



