STUDY COLLECTIONS 15 



Anthropology. — Ethnology. — On the attic floor of the west wing and 

 the northwest pavilion there are thirty-three fireproof storerooms con- 

 taining the ethnological study collections of more than 100,000 catalogue 

 numbers, comjirising extensive series for the Philippine Islands, Siberia, 

 China, South Sea Islands, Africa, South Africa and the various culture 

 areas in North America. 



Archopoiogy. — In archaeology there is a large type series of stone 

 objects from the various States of the Union. Full collections from 

 excavated sites in British Columbia, Washington State, New York State, 

 Kentucky, Arizona and New Mexico are here, together with a special 

 series from the Trenton Valley. There is much material from Mexico, 

 Peru and Bolivia 



The human skeleton material is chiefly from western States and South 

 America. About two thousand crania have been classified and made 

 available for study. 



Geology. — The study collections comprise, among other things, the 

 Hitchcock series of rocks illustrating thirteen geological sections across 

 the States of Vermont and New Hampshire; a complete set of duplicate 

 specimens from the United States geological survey of the Fortieth 

 Parallel; a series illustrating the early geological survey of Pennsylvania; 

 a complete typical series of rocks and microscopic thin sections illus- 

 trating Rosenbusch's manual of petrography; large series of American 

 rocks; a complete series typifying the rocks encountered in driving the 

 Simplon tunnel, Switzerland; many ores and economic specimens. 



Invertebrate Palaeontology. — Great numbers of fossil invertebrates, 

 too numerous and varied to particularize, but representing many of the 

 important groups and including a large number of types. 



Ichthyology and Herpetology. — Ichthyology. — The collection of fishes 

 comprises about 7,000 catalogued specimens, preserved in alcohol and 

 kept in tanks and jars. 



The fossil fish collection is one of the largest, if not the largest, in 

 America, comprising about 10,000 catalogued specimens; it includes the 

 Newberry, the Cope and several smaller collections. 



Herpetology. — The collection of frogs, salamanders and reptiles 

 numbers 9,000 specimens. 



Invertebrate Zoology. — General Invertebrates. — About 60,000 

 specimens of protozoans, sponges, polyps, starfishes, sea-urchins, worms, 

 crustaceans, spiders, myriapods and chordates. 



Insects. — (a) Local collection comprising insects within fifty 

 miles of New York City, (b) General collection including more than 

 500,000 specimens, among them the types of many species. 



Shells. — The chief Molluscan collections of the Museum, exclusive 



