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brass or bronzed standards, printed label, &c. They give 

 together a full epitome of the science of comparative oste- 

 ology. 



III. Invertebrates. 



The systematic zoological series represented as above 

 enumerated, by the mounted skins and skeletons of the dif- 

 ferent orders of vertebrate animals, is continued and com- 

 pleted by a large cabinet of invertebrates. These consist of 

 protozoa, sponges, gorgonia, corals, sea eggs, star fishes, 

 shells crustaceans, insects, &c, &c. Most of these speci- 

 mens are in a dry state, and are mounted on thin wooden or 

 card-board tablets : a smaller portion is preserved in alco- 

 hol, in glass jars. , The total number of species and varie- 

 ties represented is fifteen hundred. The total number of 

 specimens is over ten thousand. 



Besides the above named collections belonging to the 

 Cabinets of Mineralogy, Geology and Zoology, a considera- 

 ble Cabinet of Botanical specimens has been procured for 

 the Museum since the deith of Mr. Brooks by the liberality 

 of his heirs, who thus carried out to completion the design 

 of the founder. This cabinet has been collected by Prof. 

 Ward. Most of the specimens are on hand, but as they 

 have not yet been arranged and mounted, nothing more can 

 be said of them here. 



