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ZOOLOGY. Shells, 8000; Other invertebrates, 500, including 25 

 types and figured specimens, chiefly coelenterates; Fishes, 200; 

 Batrachians, 50; Reptiles, 50; Birds, 300; Mammals, 25. 



TROY: 



RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. 



The institute maintains a suitable teaching collection, including 

 approximately 1500 fossils, 5000 minerals, 3000 rocks, 10,000 shells. 

 a small number of other animals, a herbarium of 5000 plants, 300 

 specimens of woods, a small ethnological collection, and a series of 

 relief models and maps. This material is in charge of John M. Clarke, 

 professor of geology. 



UTICA: 



ONEIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society has a collection of articles of local historical interest 

 in the Munson Williams Memorial building, the home of the society, 

 where it also maintains a historical library. 



WATERLOO: 



WATERLOO LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



In addition to a general library of 8000 volumes this society has a 

 collection including iioo anthropological specimens; a few oil paint- 

 ings ; coins of the United States and other nations ; 200 old or rare books ; 

 a collection of rocks; and maps, documents, and other material of 

 local historical interest. The society receives an annual income of 

 $500 from endowment. $100 from the state, and $100 from member- 

 ships and entertainments. 



WATERTOWN: 



JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society is said by Thwaites to maintain a museum of local 

 history in a room in the Flower Memorial Library. 



WEST POINT: 



UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. A few implements of the stone age, and a 

 small collection of Indian pottery. 



ART. The library contains portraits of Jefferson, Monroe, and 



