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a synoptical series of invertebrates; a collection including most of the 

 reptiles and batrachians of Rhode Island; a complete series of Rhode 

 Island birds; and a synoptical collection of mammalia in which all 

 the orders are represented by mounted skins and skeletons. 



PAWTUCKET: 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park, established in 1900, contain- 

 ing 12 mammals. 



PROVIDENCE: 



ANNMARY BROWN MEMORIAL. 



Completed by Gen. Rush C. Hawkins in 1907 as a memorial to 

 his wife. The collections include family portraits, other personal and 

 family relics, 50 early masters and 45 modern oil paintings, 15 water 

 colors, and about 540 books, illustrating the first half century of 

 printing with movable metal type — nearly all before 1501 — and inci- 

 dentally, the early use of woodcuts for book illustration. 



The collection is open free to the public Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 

 and Thursdays, and in summer, Fridays, from 10 to 4. 



BROWN UNIVERSITY. 



The university maintains collections, primarily for teaching pur- 

 poses, in connection with the departments listed below. 



Art. In the faculty room are temporarily hung 14 paintings by 

 Frank O. Small illustrating scenes in American colonial history. In 

 Sayles Hall is a collection of Rhode Island portraits said to be the most 

 extensive in the state. In Manning Hall are about 20 oil paintings, 

 specimens of early Christian and Indian sculpture, and many pieces 

 of statuary, casts, etc. 



Botany. 75,000 specimens from all parts of the world but mainly 

 from America. The genus Car ex is particularly well represented. There 

 are also several cases of unmounted specimens and duplicates. This 

 herbarium is in charge of J. F. Collins, curator, and is housed in Maxcy 

 Hall. 



Geology and Paleontology. The collection of minerals was in- 

 augurated by the late Professors Jenks and Packard and now contains 

 a carefully selected and labeled series of 10,000 specimens representing 

 various types and characteristics. In addition there are about 500 

 types of rocks for the use of students in petrography, and 15 sets of 

 100 typical rock specimens each. There are also 100 large specimens 

 illustrating structural geology; a general synoptic collection of 3000 



