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apartment now occupied. My recitation room, is already inadequate, and 

 must of necessity bo converted into a laboratory, for which purpose it is wholly 

 unsuitable. A work-room beside the laboratory is indispensable, and all of 

 these must be near the general museum. In arranging for the future, I hope 

 and trust that all of the above points may be duly considered. 



The following is classified a list of the specimens on exhibition in the general 

 museum : 



Mammals — stuffed specimens - - 48 



Birds - - - 270 



Turtles 11 



Lizards - — 15 



Snakes — - 34 



Fish - - - 163 



Batrachians — toads, frogs, etc. — 35 



Skeletons — vertebrate - - - 5- 



Incomplete skeletons - 136 



Eggs of birds 270 



•' other vertebrates 15 



Insects — economic collection 101 



" one of each genus. 592 



** fauna of Michigan -. 1,153 



Crustacea - 32 



Worms - - - 27 



Cephalopods - 2 



Cephalopods — shells 2 



Gasteropods - 5- 



" —shells - 685 



Lamellibranchs - 10 



— shells... 810 



Brachiopods — recent 3^ 



Tunicates 5 



Echinoderms - -- -. 80 



Corals 40 



Sponges - 15 



Ehizopods 5 



Kocks - - 4:63- 



Fossils .- - - 821 



Minerals - 425 



Indian relics 228 



Vegetable products, woods, etc 70 



Insects not on exhibition. - 1,000 



Miscellaneous.. - 500 



Total 8, 066 



THE APIARY. 



The winter of 1877 and '78 was very favorable for wintering bees. Our bees 

 in the celhir and those packed in straw (see Report for 1877) all wintered well. 

 Those left unprotected did just about a^ well. From the mild winter this was 



