WARD’S HATURAL SCIENCE BULLETIN’; 9 
University of Missouri, 
MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIS- 
SOURI. 
Having lately visited the University of Missouri, 
we were very much pleased with the recent addi- 
tion. The new Auditorium or theatre is capable 
of seating 1,600 people or more, and is one of the 
best college halls in the country. 
The new Library is also a handsome room 70x 
105 feet, with a height capable of containing two 
galleries for shelves. 
But we were particularly interested in the new 
Museum Hall, which is probably the largest west of 
the Hudson River. It consists of the north half 
of the west wing of the main building (which has 
a frontage of 350 feet), which is four stories high. 
The prominence given to the museum is largely 
due to Prof. J. W. Spencer, the Director, whose 
aggressive demands seem never to be satisfied. 
But this prominence could never have been ob- 
tained without the energetic support of President 
S. S. Laws, who thoroughly realizes the value of 
advancement in all the departments of science 
without which modern colleges must remain in 
the back ground, or allow the younger and more 
energetic to slip past them. 
Professor Spencer asked for the wing and de- 
signed and drew the plans which the Architects 
followed. 
As the height had to be equal to that of the 
four stories of the main building, in place of hav- 
ing four floors, Prof. Spencer designed a room 
with a ground floor and four galleries, the whole 
interior height being 59 feet. At the west end is 
an immense window 16 feet wide extending from 
the ground floor to the top gallery. A similar 
window, but somewhat narrower, is situated at 
the east end. On the north side are also five win- 
dows extending from the first floor to the top gal- 
lery, each being five feet wide. The wall open- 
ing in the galleries is 22x42 and over this there is 
additional illumination from a sky light 40 feet 
long. The light in the museum is very well dif- 
fused. 
This wing is separated from the rest of the 
building by a fire wall with ironed doors. The 
interior girders and columns are of iron and the 
floors are solid. Within the room is also a circu- 
lar iron stairway connecting all of the floors to- 
gether. 
With each gallery is connected a workroom 20 
feet square, and just outside of the doors leading 
from each floor into the hall is an elevator very 
conveniently arranged. 
The south wall of the museum having no win- 
dows will be occupied by upright wall cases, as 
also the east and west ends of the museum, on 
either side of the large central windows. 
On the north side, between the five windows, 
there will be double alcove cases fourteen feet 
long on ground floor, and nine feet long on the 
galleries— thus giving nearly 1,000 longitudinal 
feet of upright cases. Around the well-opening 
in the galleries will be 480 running feet of table 
cases, forming the balustrade. There will be 
room for 600 square feet of supplemental table 
cases between the alcove cases, and at the ends of 
the galleries. 
In the centre of the ground floor are to stand 
large pieces on individual pedestals. Among 
these are the stuffed skin and the mounted skele- 
ton of Emperor, a large Indian Elephant. Dur- 
ing his life he killed five men; so we are 
mounting him in the heroic attitude of tossing a 
Bengal tiger. 
We have also during the past season sent to the 
museum a small collection of choice minerals and 
rocks; another select series of skeletons, also a 
large and highly important collection of stuffed 
animals and birds. Among the former is a fine 
group of Gorrillas in a high glass case— male, fe- 
male and young. Also a great Hippopotamus, 
Rhinoceros, Giraffe, Cariboo, Manatee, Sea 
Lion, Skull of a Fin-back Whale, etc., etc. 
The value of the present collection is not far 
from $10,000, and with a large order we have on 
hand will soon amount to $15,000 or more. Con- 
sidering that the University owned but little more 
than a confused heap of geological specimens 
from the old State Surveys three and a half years 
ago, the present status with the building, repre- 
sents the results of the liberality of the Board of 
Curators under the Presidency of Hon. J. S. Rol- 
lins — the progressive policy of the administration 
of Dr. 8. S. Laws the President of the University, 
and the successful execution under Prof. J. W. 
Spencer, the Director of the museum. 
The museum is not yet occupied for want of 
cases, and they are now waiting patiently until 
the meeting of the legislature for the appropria- 
tion of funds for that purpose. 
Besides the above named spaces to be occupied 
as the museum, we must mention the Geological 
lecture room, which is 43x35 feet in size, with seats 
raised and arranged as an amphitheatre, capable 
of seating 100 students. It also contains cases for 
the class specimens, and is one of the most con- 
venient class rooms, that we have seen. 
Beneath it and connected by a private stair, is 
the Geological and Mineralogical laboratory of 
the same size. There is also another room of the 
same size, 43x35, in the basement, which is dry 
and well lighted, used as a store and work room 
for the Geological collections; still another room 
worthy of mention, which is used for lapidary’s 
machinery, and for grinding and preparing speci- 
mens for the museum, the machinery being driven 
by steam; and last of all there is a Zoological'class 
room 25x37 feet, pleasantly situated on the south 
side of the second story. 
It is delightful to see such lordly and liberal ap- 
pliances for science study in any State, notablvso 
in one beyond the Mississippi. 
It is generally known, by the way, that the 
Axolot whose metamorphosis is so often referred 
to, is not the Mexican Axolot, Siredon Mexica- 
ns, but an allied species, Amblystoma movoritum. 
SKULLS. 
We offer the following skulls, now on hand, 
for sale. Many of these range in age from quite 
young to adult and are represented by both sexes. 
Simia satyrus, 
Semnopithecus leucoprymnus, 
“ cucullatus,Macacus cynomulgus , 
“ femoralis, “ rhesus, 
“ priamus, Cynoeephalus porcarius, 
Gercopithecus sp. , Pitheeia monachus, 
Macacus senieus, Lemur varius. 
“ nemestrinus, 
Felis tigris, Paguma larvata , 
“ domestica, Hyaena maeulata, 
Lynx rufus, Ganis familiaris, 
Cards familiar is (Japanese Pug), 
(crossed with wolf), 
“ latrus, 
Vulpes vulgaris, 
“ fulvus, 
' ‘ velox, 
“ lagopus, 
Mustela pennantii, 
Putorius fcetidus, 
“ vison, 
Grulo luscus, 
M'eles taxus , 
Mephitis mephitica, 
Cercoleptes cgudiwlvu bus, 
Nasua rufa, 
Procyon lotor, 
Ursus mariiimus, 
‘ ‘ arctos, 
‘ ‘ syriacus, 
‘ ‘ horribilis, 
‘ ‘ americanus, 
“ labiatus. 
Odobeenus rosmarus , 
‘ ‘ obesus, 
Eumetopias stelleri, 
Gallorhinus ursinus, 
Phoca vitulina, 
Stenorhynchus leptonyx. 
Steno compressus, 
Delphinus, 
Orca gladiator, 
Halicore australis. 
Beluga catodon, 
Hyperoodon butzkopf. 
Equus caballus, 
Asinus vulgaris, 
“ zebra, 
Tapirus terrestris, 
Gervus macrotis, 
“ columbianus , 
Gapreolus caprea, 
Gervulus aureus, 
Elasmognathus bairdii, Camelopardalis giraffa, 
Hippopotamus amphibius, Bos taurus, 
Sus scrofa fera, 
“ cristatus, 
“ barbatus , 
Babirussa alfurus, 
Phacochoerus oeliani, 
Bicotyles torquatus, 
‘ ‘ labiatus, 
Gamelus arabieus, 
Llama vicugna, 
‘ ‘ pacos, 
Alces malchis, 
Bangifer caribou, 
Gervus canadensis, 
‘ ‘ elaphus, 
‘ ‘ aristotelis, 
‘ ‘ marinus (no j aw), 
“ axis, 
1 ‘ virginianus, 
* ‘ leucurus. 
indicus, 
Bubalus buffalus, 
‘ ‘ coffer, 
Bibos gaurus, 
Bison americanus, 
Saiga tartarica, 
Oryx beisa , 
AEgoceros koba, 
Antilope cervicapra, 
Strepceros kudu, 
Tragops bennetti, 
Buficapra tragus, 
Capra nubicana, 
‘ ‘ thebiaca, 
Ovis aries, 
“ “ quadricornis, 
“ “ steatopygos, 
Caprovis montana, 
Antilocapra americana. 
Elephas indicus, 
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dinal section. 
half of skull by vertical longitu- 
Pteromys nitidus, Hydrochoerus capybara, 
Sciurus niger ludo vicianus Coelogenys paca, 
Castor canadensis, 
Fiber zibethicus, 
Hystrix cristata, 
Acanthion javanicum, 
Erethizon dorsatum, 
Atherura fasciculata, 
Dasyprocta variegata, 
Gapromys piloroides, 
Lepus timidus, 
‘ ‘ callotis, 
“ sylvaticus, 
‘ ‘ trowbridgei. 
Gholoepus didactylus, Basypus encoubert, 
Arctopitliecus ftaecidus, Myrmecophaga jubata, 
“ cuculliger, Tamandra tetradactyla, 
Basyurus ursinus, Perameles lagotis, 
Thalacinus cynoeephalus, Phascolarctos cinereus, 
Perameles nasuta, 
Macropus ( foetal , from pouch), 
“ giganteus, Petaurista, 
Halmaturus thetidis, ■ Phascolomys ursinus. 
Phalangista vulpina, 
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