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liist attracted bv the collections, have their attention directed afterward 

 to other features of interest about the College, and so come to realize 

 something of the magnitude of the institution and the opportunities for 

 an education which are offered here. 



The Museum is overcrowded with specimens and it is very desirable that 

 more case room should be provided at once, not simph' for the display of 

 collections now kept necessarily stored out of sight, but in order to protect 

 from deterioration other specimens which are now exposed to dust and 

 possible vandalism, A commodious, tire-proof building for the Museum 

 iind Library is one of the most imjierative needs of the institution, and 

 I would urge most strenuously that no opportunity be lost of impressing 

 this fact upon the State Board of Agriculture and upon members of the 

 legislature. 



I append a list of the principal accessions to the Museum during the 

 past two years, the list for the year ending June 30, 1896, having been 

 omitted by oversight from the report last year. Unless otherwise speci- 

 fied, the accessions are gifts. 



LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO THE GENERAL MUSEUM. 



July 1, 1895, to June SO, 1S96. 



J. H. Banghart — Three deer skulls from northern Michigan. 



W. B. Barrows — Mounted catbird, skin of kingbird, skins of wood- 

 chuck and two chipmunks, young robin mounted, various young birds in 

 alcohol, silver}' bat (Lasionycteris nociivagans), four snakes. 



A. F. Bott — Skull of colt (hydrocephalic). 



E. C. Bradlev — Sections of alders cut bv beaver. 



B. F. Bush — Mycelium of fungus. 



C D. Butterfleld — Spotted adder (Ophiboliis). 



Leon J. Cole — Young water-snake (Tropidonotus). 



Chas. J. Davis — Carcass of deer for skeleton, 



G. C. Davis — Specimens of silver ore from southern California. 



Geology class of 1896 — Two specimens of carboniferous fossils (Lepido- 

 -dendrids) from Grand Ledge. 



T. L. Hankinson — Two skins of black-throated bunting, skin of Phila- 

 delphia vireo, specimen of meadow-mouse (Arvicola). 



Mrs. F. W. Hunt, Lansing — Specimen of spider monkey (Cebus sp.) for 

 skeleton. 



Tod Kincaid, jjer I. H. Butterfleld — Native gold in quartz, from Crip- 

 ple Creek, Colo. 



B. O. Longyear — Nest and eggs of black-throated bunting, specimen of 

 fox-squirrel. 



Eugene Maguire — Common weasel (Putorius). 



J. W. Kigterink — Red- winged blackbird. 



E. D, Sanderson — About 80 specimens of minerals and fossils (ex- 

 change). 



Percy E. Selous, Greenville — Nine specimens of mounted birds, one 

 mammal (skunk). 18 skulls of various kinds (purchased); two mounted 

 specimens of pied-billed grebe (gift). 



