2Q2 . DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



PALEONTOLOGY. 2000 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fos- 

 sils, including a mounted and nearly complete skeleton of Delphinap- 

 terus vermontanus. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, 1000; Insects, 1000, mostly in Denton mounts; 

 Fishes, batrachians, and reptiles, 100; Birds, 380; Mammals, 60; 

 Bird eggs, 720. Nearly all the species of birds and mammals of Ver- 

 mont are represented in the collection. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. An annual state appropriation of $500. 



BUILDING. The museum occupies rooms in the state house. 



ADMINISTRATION. By a curator. The accounts go to the auditor. 



SCOPE. Primarily the exhibition of Vermont collections for the 

 instruction of the general public and the schools. 



ST. JOHNSBURY: 



THE FAIRBANKS MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 



STAFF. Director, Delia I. Griffin; Curator, Mabel A. Shields; 

 Assistant, Jessie M. Stevenson; Taxidermist, W. A. Balch; i janitor. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 1113, 

 foreign, 210; Ethnology, native, 184, foreign, 468. Civilized peoples, 

 ancient, 338, modern, 416. There are two life-size ethnological groups. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, 770; Phanerogams, 6285; Local herbaria, 



598. 



COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. Coffee, 14; Spices, 15; Buttons, 27; 

 Cotton, 16; Cocoa, 6; Silk, 56; Roots, 21; Woods, 249; Gums, 39; Seeds, 

 396; Enemies of Atlantic coast shells, 88. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, 1657; Rocks, 232; Dynamic geology, relief 

 maps, models, etc., 114; Special collections, lava and pumice, 107; 

 Vermont minerals (just begun), 60. 



HISTORY. Colonial exhibit, 78; Old books and documents of the 

 United States, 128; War relics, 40. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, 107; Vertebrates, 18; Plants, 

 40; Special collections fossils of Vermont and New York, 236, 

 Brandon fossil fruits, 137. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, on exhibition, 2611, in storage, 1607; Insects, 

 5482; Other invertebrates, 317; Fishes, 21; Batrachians, 12; Reptiles, 

 40; Birds, on exhibition, 1825, in storage, 287; Mammals, 129; Bird 

 e g s > 7775 Horns, 37 pairs; Heads, 4; Skeletons, 1 2 ; Parts of skeletons, 

 60. There are 7 large and 7 small groups of animals exhibited in natu- 

 ral surroundings: among these are muskrats in summer and winter 

 homes; moose in summer; buffalo; woodchucks; groups of opossums, 

 flamingoes, and birds of paradise. 



