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and economic geology; 500 fossils; 1500 botanical specimens represent- 

 ing the flora of Connecticut; and a zoological collection of about 10,000 

 specimens, including a good collection of insects, a good collection of 

 birds, particularly warblers, and a general synoptic collection in which 

 the gastropods are best represented. The museum is in charge of 

 G. H. Lamson, Jr., and occupies about 300 square feet of floor space in 

 the main building of the college. 



DELAWARE 



NEWARK: 



DELAWARE COLLEGE. 



The college has teaching collections including 250 fossils; 600 

 minerals; 300 specimens of economic and historical geology; 200 

 invertebrate animals from the National Museum, and 200 collected 

 locally; 200 vertebrates; and 1500 botanical specimens. 



WILMINGTON: 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE. (924 Market St.) 



The assistant librarian reports that the society maintains a 

 museum, but no further information has been received. 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF DELAWARE. 



This society possesses a botanical collection of about . 7000 spe- 

 cimens, made by the late William M. Canby. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 10 acres, established in 

 1905, containing 3 reptiles, 32 birds, and 35 mammals. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 



WASHINGTON: 



ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. 



A collection, consisting mainly of human pathology, with a depart- 

 ment devoted to military and general hygiene, is maintained by an 

 annual appropriation from Congress. The museum issues catalogs 

 and occasional reports, is open free to the public, and is administered 

 by a curator, Major F. F. Russell, and an assistant curator, Capt. 

 Chas. F. Craig, responsible to the surgeon-general of the United States 

 army. Three assistants, who are graduates in medicine, an^ two labor- 

 ers make up the working force of the museum. 



