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dried plants, each herbarium embracing nearly the com- 

 plete flora of this district, well mounted and classified. 



The total number of specimens belonging to the Insti- 

 tute and exhibited in the Museum, exclusive of the col- 

 lection of plants above named, is 3183 ; of this number 

 about 2500 specimens were purchased at the legal sale of 

 the property of the late Poughkeepsie Society of Natu- 

 ral Science, and the balance has been directly donated 

 to the Institute. There are also 367 specimens of 

 birds, mammals and reptiles of our local fauna be- 

 longing to Mr. Theodore A. Schurr, taxidermist of this 

 city, which have been placed in the Museum, and which, 

 doubtless, will become the property of the Institute du- 

 ring the coming year. 



A general summary of the articles in the Museum may 

 be made as follows : 



Dep't of Lithology, Palaeontology and Geology, 474 specimens. 



" " Mineralogy, - 440 " 



" " Anatomy, - - - - - 60 " 



" " Conchology, - - 812 " 



" " Archaeology, History and Ethnology, - 299 " 



" " Zoology, ----- 483 " 



" " Botany (exclusive of herbariums) - - 455 " 



Miscellaneous — dry and alcoholic specimens, - 160 " 



Total, ----- 3183 



The Librarian, Mr. Burgess, reported that the Library 

 contained 288 bound volumes and 448 unbound pam- 

 phlets. Of the bound volumes 214 were secured by pur- 

 chase at the sale of the property of the late Poughkeepsie 

 Society of Natural Science, and 74 are gifts to the Insti- 

 tute from the following individuals and institutions : 



10 vols. Chamber's Encyclopaedia, J. I. Jackson, Esq. 



8 " Vital Statistics, State of Michigan, Mr. H. R. Howard. 



1 " Invertebrata, Southern New England (Verrill), Prof. Dwight. 



2 " Colonial History, New York, Mr. G. Beattys. 

 1 " Birds of Bahama Islands, Mr. E. B. Cory- 



19 « Poughkeepsie Journal. 1806-1832, j M rs.^^bdafield: 



1 " Azoic Rocks, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt. 



1 " Gray's Anatomy, Dr. W. G. Stevenson. 



1 " Wood's Botany, " " 



2 " Good's Flora, 



1 " Good's Animalia, " " 



3 " Natural History New York. Mr. C. N. Arnold. 



