To William H. Seward, 



Governor of the State of New- York. 

 SIR, 



I submit a Report on the Zoology of the State ; 

 And have the honor to be, 



With great respect, 



Your obedient servant, 



JAMES E. DE KAY. 



The Locusts, Queens Co., L. I. 

 January 1, 1842. 



