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MIDDLEBURY: 



MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE. Museum of Natural History. 



STAFF. Curator, Edward A. Burt, who is also professor of natural 

 history. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. On the first floor of the chapel building are rooms 

 containing a collect'on of Assyrian tablets, slabs, and casts, and other 

 objects of interest in Semitic history; the Chapman collection of cos- 

 tumes and implements from the Yukon Valley; stone implements; 

 and relics of local and general historical interest. 



BOTANY. A complete series of the flowering plants and ferns of 

 the Champlain Valley, collected by President Ezra Brainerd; a set of 

 Vermont mosses prepared by Dr. Grout; and a collection of the higher 

 fungi of Vermont now being accumulated by Professor Burt. 



GEOLOGY. A fairly complete working set of minerals; a set of the 

 rocks of Vermont, collected by Professor Adams while conducting the 

 geological survey of the state; and a collection of rocks of Minnesota. 



PALEONTOLOGY. The Adams collection of fossils and the Seeley 

 collection of fossils from the Champlain Valley, especially strong in 

 forms from the Chazy limestone. 



ZOOLOGY. A general synoptic collection of shells; a full series of 

 the land and water shells of Vermont collected and arranged by 

 Professor Adams; a mounted collection of the birds of Vermont; and 

 a collection of marine invertebrates. 



BUILDING. The anthropological collections occupy rooms on the 

 first floor of the chapel building, while the science collections are on 

 the second floor of the Warner Science Hall. 



MONTPELIER: 



VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The librarian reports that the society maintains a museum on a 

 small scale, but no further information has been received. 



VERMONT STATE MUSEUM. 



STAFF. Curator, George H. Perkins, who is also state geologist. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Archeology, native, 280. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, 100; Phanerogams, 1200; a set of native 

 plants collected and mounted by Mr. C. G. Pringle. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, 1300; Rocks, 700. The material in this 

 department is chiefly from Vermont and includes a complete series 

 of the rocks collected by the survey of 1856-60; also a nearly complete 

 set of the marbles, slates, and granites of the state. 



