STATE ZOOLOGIST. XI ■ 



on the fishes of the State. This report we hope to have ready for the 

 printer before next spring. It will be issued as one of the bulletins 

 of the Survey. 



The ornithologist, Dr. Thomas S. Eoberts of Minneapolis, made a 

 trip of ten days into the southwestern part of the State during the 

 latter part of May, 1893, and one of ten days into the Lake Vermillion 

 region during June, 1894. Both trips were very profitable, and dem- 

 onstrated conclusively that nothing but a visit of the ornithologist to 

 the various important sections of the State at the proper seasons can 

 gain for the Survey the information and material required as a basis 

 for a reliable and satisfactory final report. 



The wisdom of prosecuting the ornithological work with a view to 

 a final illustrated report is fully vindicated by the great interest taken 

 in the "Notes on the Birds of Minnesota," jDublished with my first 

 report, and by the numerous inquiries as to when the final report on 

 the Birds of Minnesota is to appear. 



The edition of Dr. Hatch's "Xotes" is already exhausted. The 

 demand for this publication has been gratifyingly great, particularly 

 in the State, where, I am glad to say, the great majority of the books 

 have found interested owners. 



The distribution fund for this report was insufficient, and the last 

 three hundred or more applicants were obliged to pay the transporta- 

 tion charges. The willingness with which these charges were paid 

 has convinced me that all persons really interested in such reports 

 will gladly pay the transportation charges on them. In view of the 

 facts I would suggest that hereafter provision be made to pay trans- 

 portation charges on only those copies of the reports and bulletins 

 sent to our "exchanges" and to citizens of Minnesota. 



During the past summer Mr. C, L. Herrick, a graduate of the Uni- 

 versity and Professor of Biology in Denison University, with the as- 

 sistance of Professor C. H. Turner of South Atlanta, Georgia, com- 

 pleted a report on the Copepoda, Cladocera and Ostracoda of the State 

 and tendered it to the Survey for publication. The demand for Mr. 

 Herrick's report on the Crustacea of Minnesota, published in the 

 Twelfth Annual Eeport of the State Geologist, and the many import- 

 ant and interesting problems connected with this group of animals are 

 a sufficient reason for publishing a revision of the report for 1884. 

 The report will also be of special value to our teachers of zoology. 



A few purchases have been made for the museum during the past 

 two years. Of these may be mentioned a young bull moose, two 

 deer, one wolf, one black woodchuck, and several smaller mammals. 

 During the same time the museum has been enriched by valuable 

 donations, of which the following are worthy of special mention: 



