limited to 20 at one time and under supervision; to members of the university and to scholars daily except Sundays and holidays.

SANTA CLARA:

ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

The city and county jointly maintain a zoological park of 60 acres, established in 1891, containing 7 reptiles, 242 birds, and 134 mammals.

SANTA CLARA COLLEGE.

The college possesses teaching collections which include a paleontological museum, housed in the Literary Congress building, and a mineralogical cabinet. The paleontological museum consists of the Ward collection of casts, representing 529 species, and as many more original invertebrate and plant fossils. The collection of minerals includes 5 sets of crystal models, and about 4000 specimens of rocks, metals, ores, gums and resins, and the haloid minerals. There is also a complete set of corals, 2 relief maps, and a collection of charts, diagrams, etc.

BOULDER:

COLORADO

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

Museum.

STAFF. Curator, Junius Henderson; Student assistants.
ANTHROPOLOGY. Ethnology, 500+.

BOTANY. Cryptogams, 3000± sheets; Phanerogams, 10,000± sheets; Wood specimens, 50; Economic products, 50 jars; Fruits, 25; Seeds, 75 bottles; Riker mounts, 50; Unmounted specimens for exchange, 3000.

GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 12,350, in storage, 2 tons; Rocks, 15,000; Relief maps, models, etc., 100. These collections contain a set of 600 specimens of characteristic ores of Colorado, particularly rich in tellurids, the Guggenheim systematic collection of minerals, and the G. H. Stone collection of 140 specimens of typical rocks of the Cripple Creek region.

LANTERN SLIDES, ETC. There is a large collection of biological, geological, and scenic slides and negatives, with many prints therefrom arranged in swinging cabinets.

PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, on exhibition, 3000±, in storage, 30,000, types and figured specimens, 60; Vertebrates, on exhibition, 50, figured specimens, 3; Plants, on exhibition, 200, in storage, 2500,

types and figured specimens, 49. Among the plant and invertebrate material not yet worked up, there are undoubtedly many new species.

ZOOLOGY. Shells, on exhibition, 407, in storage, 15,000, types and figured specimens, 2; Insects, on exhibition, 50 Riker mounts and 2 display cases, in storage, 200c±; Other invertebrates, 50; Fishes, on exhibition, 250, in storage, 2000±, types and figured specimens, 1; Batrachians, on exhibition, 10, in storage, 50; Reptiles, on exhibition, 5, in storage, 50; Birds, on exhibition, 245, in storage, 400±; Mammals, on exhibition, 47, in storage, 150; Bird nests, on exhibition, 53, in storage, 55; Bird eggs, on exhibition, 140, in storage, 667.

HISTORICAL SKETCH. This museum originated in 1902, with the appointment of the present curator and the provision of display cases for material belonging to the biological departments, hitherto stored. In 1909, the curator was for the first time regularly employed to give his whole time to the work, with the rank and pay of a full professor. FINANCIAL SUPPORT. A yearly appropriation, optional with the regents of the university.

BUILDING. At present the collections are housed in the Hale Scientific Building, but a museum building is soon to be erected.

ADMINISTRATION. By a curator who is responsible to the board of regents of the university.

SCOPE. The collections are used chiefly for teaching purposes. Much stress is laid on exploration and research by the curator and heads of the scientific departments, the most notable work having been done upon the tertiary fauna and flora of Florissant, the cretaceous faunas of northern Colorado, and the botany of Colorado.

PUBLICATIONS. Papers based upon museum material have been published in technical magazines, proceedings of learned societies and the University of Colorado Studies.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public during the academic year from 8 to 5, and on application at the office during vacations.

COLORADO SPRINGS:

COLORADO COLLEGE.

The college maintains in Palmer Hall the following collections, in charge of Edward R. Warren, director, open to the public on weekdays from 2 to 5.

ANTHROPOLOGY. The anthropological department contains a large amount of pottery from Missouri, New Mexico, and Peru, the BixbyLang and Deane collections from the cliff dwellings, and a collection

of Egyptian antiquities received from the Egyptian Exploration Society, of which the college is a member.

MINERALOGY. The collection in mineralogy includes 1450 specimens of common, commercial, and rare minerals.

PALEONTOLOGY. The foundation for the collection in vertebrate paleontology was laid by the purchase of the collections of Professor Cragin, consisting of about Sooo specimens, containing the types of many new species and some new genera of fossils. Among the types the most important is the large plesiosaurian reptile Trinacromerum, described from the cretaceous of Kansas in 1888. The collections include also an extensive series of casts of fossil vertebrates, including a megatherium and a restoration of the mammoth. Invertebrate paleontology is represented by specimens illustrating the geological record and by a series of casts of noted specimens. Paleobotany is represented by 2 cases of carboniferous, cretaceous and oligocene plant remains.

ZOOLOGY. The collections in invertebrate zoölogy comprise representatives of the different groups, including a large series of the butterflies and moths of Colorado, mounted in Denton tablets, and a representative series of the Myxomycetes of Colorado. The vertebrate collections comprise the W. S. Stratton collection, containing 29 species of fishes, 23 species of reptiles, 442 species of birds, and 170 mammals; the Aiken collection of Colorado and other birds, presented by Gen. Wm. J. Palmer; and the Warren collection of 50 Colorado mammals.

DENVER:

COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. (City Park.) STAFF. Director, J. D. Figgins; Curators, Victor H. Borcherdt. (mammals), L. J. Hersey (ornithology), E. J. Osler (entomology), W. S. Ward, (geology and art); Taxidermist-in-chief, Victor H. Borcherdt; Assistants in taxidermy, cabinet makers, watchmen, firemen, etc.

ART. Prints and engravings, 52; Oil paintings, 74; Water colors, 3; Ceramics, 250. There are also extensive loan collections of Japanese and Chinese art.

BOTANY. A beginning has been made in botanical collection but no material is as yet on exhibition.

COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. I miniature gold mine; I case of steel products, 1200 pieces; I case of miner's tools, 13 pieces; I case of marbles, 125 pieces; 1 case of carborundum products, 400 pieces; 1 case of graphite and elaterite; I case of petroleum products, crude and

finished, 175 pieces; 3 cases of varieties of coal, 400 pieces; I case of wicker baskets, 100 pieces; I case of Philippine hats and head-gear, 75 pieces; I case of necklaces, pottery, and baskets from South America.

GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 6300, in storage, 5000. The collection contains unique specimens of gold leaf and wire of considerable intrinsic value.

ZOOLOGY. Shells, 400; Insects (lepidoptera), on exhibition, 5000, in storage, 50,000, including 250 co-types of lepidoptera and 250 co-types of coleoptera; Birds, mounted single specimens, 145, groups, 22; Mammals, on exhibition, 64, in storage, 53. 6 large groups of mammals are mounted in natural surroundings.

HISTORICAL SKETCH. Founded in 1902, with the purchase of the collection of O. E. Carter, for which the sum of $10,000 was paid. At the same time, $15,000 was subscribed by enthusiastic citizens for the purpose of erecting a building to house the collections.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. An optional appropriation from the city of $20,000 per annum, supplemented by private contributions.

BUILDING. Erected in 1906, at a cost of $107,000, paid for by public funds and private subscription. The building affords about 23,289 square feet of floor space available for exhibition, and about 5000 for offices, workrooms, etc.

ADMINISTRATION. By a board of 25 trustees, of which the mayor is a member ex-officio, acting through an executive committee.

SCOPE. The purpose of the museum is instruction of the public by exhibition primarily of the natural history of Colorado, and secondarily of art and industry.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public daily from 10 to 5 (except Sunday forenoon). The total attendance averages 12,000 per month.

COLORADO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. (1510 Court Place.)

This society maintains a small museum in its rooms, under the care of Rebecca M. Riddle, assistant secretary. The collections include about 2000 minerals and 1000 rocks, chiefly Colorado material; a good collection of meteorites; a unique collection of arsenic ores from Arizona; and about 700 fossils. A library of 5000 volumes and 10,000 pamphlets, dealing chiefly with geology, metallurgy, engineering, etc., is also open to the public.

DENVER ARTISTS CLUB. (Public Library.)

This society has an exhibition hall on the top floor of the public library building, where it holds about six exhibitions of loan pictures annually, and hopes ultimately to maintain a permanent exhibition.

EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL.

This school maintains an educational museum in charge of G. L. Cannon and Ellsworth Bethel, instructors in biology. The collections comprise about 10,000 specimens, chiefly Colorado material, including rocks, minerals, fossils, plants, birds, marine invertebrates, and archeological material. This collection is located on the upper floor of the school building and is open to the public during school hours.

STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE.

This board maintains a small museum in its rooms in the basement of the capitol building, in charge of Mrs. Martha Shute, assistant secretary. The collections include agricultural and horticultural products of Colorado; exhibits of injurious insects; and native flowering plants.

STATE BUREAU OF MINES.

The bureau maintains in the capitol a collection of the minerals and ores of the state, arranged by counties; a general series of economic minerals and mineral products; the Ellsner collection of minerals from all parts of the world.

STATE HISTORICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

This society maintains extensive collections in ethnology, zoology, paleontology, and botany, as well as many objects identified with the pioneer period in the history of the state.

The department of ethnology includes over 4000 articles from the cliff dwellings. The collections in ornithology include nearly 500 mounts and about 2100 skins of Colorado birds. In other branches of zoology there is a good representation of Colorado mammals, together with some 8000 local insects and about 7500 marine and fresh-water invertebrates. In paleontology there is a large collection of fossils from the Florissant beds. The herbarium comprises the Ellsworth Bethel botanical collection of 20,000 specimens, rich in cryptogamic material, especially fungi.

The museum is housed in the rooms of the society in the state capitol, and was opened to the public in 1906. It is supported by funds appropriated by the General Assembly, and is administered for the benefit of the general public under the charge of Jerome C. Smiley, curator, and Horace G. Smith, assistant.

The society maintains a library of about 30,000 books, pamphlets, files of newspapers, etc., including the Edward B. Morgan collection of Colorado material.