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500 bas-reliefs, cylinders, coins, and seals from Nineveh and Babylon. 

 The entrance hall of the library is also lined with large slabs from Nin- 

 eveh. 



Art. 75 casts of Greek sculpture; iooo carbon photographs of 

 Italian art; and about 200 miscellaneous objects from Assyria and 

 Babylon. 



Botany. Cryptogams, 4ooo±; Phanerogams, 3ooo±. This col- 

 lection includes the Tuckerman lichens. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 300o±,in storage, io,ooo±; 

 Rocks, on exhibition, 1000, in storage, io,ooo±; Dynamic geology, relief 

 maps, models, etc., 25. The greater part of the minerals in this depart- 

 ment are in the Shepard collection, which is particularly rich in rutiles 

 from Massachusetts and the southern Appalachian region; tourmalines 

 from Paris, Maine; a very complete collection of gems; and a meteorite 

 collection of great value, including 118 aerosiderites and 180 aerolites. 

 There are 2000 specimens illustrating concretionary forms and meta- 

 morphism; many thin sections of rocks; and large collections illustrating 

 the early geological surveys of the New England states, Vermont by 

 Prof. C. B. Adams, Connecticut by Prof. C. U. Shepard, and Mass- 

 achusetts by President E. Hitchcock. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, on exhibition, yoooi, in stor- 

 age, 25,ooo±, types and figured specimens, 25; Vertebrates, on exhibi- 

 tion, 300, in storage, iooo±, types and figured specimens, 40; Plants, 

 on exhibition, 30o±, in storage, ioo±. Important mounted skeletons 

 and restorations include Megacerops tyleril^oomis (type), Stegmodus 

 longipes E. and L. (type), Eohippus borealis, Mesohippiis bairdi, 

 Stenomylus hitchcocki (type). The Hitchcock collection of fossil 

 footprints from the Connecticut Valley is especially noteworthy, 

 numbering over 20,000 tracks containing most of the types. There 

 is also an exceptionally full series of vertebrate fossils from southern 

 pleistocene formations; a general collection of foreign material; and 

 a unique series of carboniferous fishes from Scotland. 



Zoology. Shells, on exhibition, 20,000, in storage, 10,000, types 

 and figured specimens, 30o±; Insects, on exhibition, 100, in storage, 

 100; Other invertebrates, on exhibition, 300, in storage, 400; Fishes, 

 40; Batrachians, 25; Reptiles, 50; Birds, on exhibition, 400, in storage, 

 300; Mammals, on exhibition, 100, in storage, 100. 1 large winter 

 group of seed-eating birds is exhibited in natural surroundings, and 

 more are contemplated. 



Financial Support. The museum receives an income of $900 

 annually from endowment; additional support from the college; and 



