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Zoology. The osteological collection of Prof. E. D. Cope, includ- 

 ing his series of mammalian skeletons, and the Hyrtl collection of 

 nearly iooo beautifully prepared fish skeletons; 10,000 invertebrates, 

 including the Leidy collection of parasites; the Wheatley collection 

 of fresh-water mollusks of the world; and material obtained from the 

 Bahamas and Jamaica by the university expedition of 1887 and 1890- 

 91. There are also models and preparations illustrating embryology 

 and anatomy; and a vivarium containing living marine, fresh- water, 

 and land animals. 



UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. The University Museum. 



Staff. Director, G. B. Gordon. Anthropological section: Cur- 

 ator, G. B. Gordon; Assistant curator, George H. Pepper (American 

 archeology and ethnology) ; Assistants, Frank G. Speck and Edward 

 Sapir (general ethnology). Babylonian and general Semitic section: 

 Curator, Hermann V. Hilprecht; Assistant curator, Albert T. Clay. 

 Egyptian section: Curator, David Randall-Maclver; Assistant cur- 

 ator, C. Leonard Woolley. Mediterranean section: Curator, Wil- 

 liam N. Bates. 



Collections. The anthropological section contains large col- 

 lections of American ethnology and archeology, notably the George 

 G. Haye collection ; collections from Borneo and other parts of the 

 Malay Archipelago; and a general ethnological collection. There is 

 also a collection of European prehistoric archeology. 



The Babylonian and general Semitic section contains a large num- 

 ber of cuneiform tablets and other valuable antiquities discovered by 

 the Babylonian expedition of the University of Pennsylvania during 

 several years exploration at Nippur. 



The Egyptian section has been a subscriber for many years to the 

 Egypt exploration fund and the Egyptian research account, and the 

 museum has also sent several expeditions to excavate in Egypt and 

 Nubia. The collections which have been gathered from these various 

 sources are among the largest and most important in the country. 

 They are especially rich in pre-dynastic material, and represent ad- 

 mirably the various dynasties down to the Roman period. A notable 

 feature is the unique collection of Nubian antiquities discovered by the 

 Coxe expedition. 



The Mediterranean section contains valuable collections of marbles, 

 pottery, and bronze objects from Greece and Italy, and includes a not- 

 able collection of Etruscan antiquities, and a valuable Cretan collec- 

 tion made by excavations carried on at Gournia under the auspices 

 of the museum. 



