BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 34I 



MUSEO POLITECNICO. 



This museum consists of material illustrating local history, with 

 some natural history specimens. 



UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL. 



The university is said by Minerva to maintain a museum of min- 

 eralogy in charge of W. Bodenbender, director; a botanical museum in 

 charge of F. Kurtz, director; and a zoological museum in charge of A. 

 Doering, director. 



LA PLATA: 



MUSEO DE LA PLATA. 



This museum was organized in 1877 and includes extensive col- 

 lections in geology, paleontology, and zoology, as well as American 

 anthropology and ethnology. The several departments are in charge 

 of the professors of these subjects in the national university at La 

 Plata. 



PARANA: 



MUSEO PROVINCIAL. 



This museum contains small natural history collections. 



BOLIVIA 



CHUQUISACA: 



MUSEO NACIONAL. 



No information has been received regarding this museum. 



BRAZIL 



RIO DE JANEIRO: 



INSTITUTO HISTORICO E GEOGRAPHICO BRAZILEIRO. 



No information has been received regarding this institution. 

 MUSEU NACIONAL. 



No information has been received regarding this museum, which 

 is said by Minerva to have been organized in 1818, and to contain 

 departments of anthropology, botany, geology, paleontology, and 

 zoology, and also a library and a botanical garden. 



