REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 27 



NEW COLLECTIONS. 



The following special groups of birds' nests, eggs and young 

 were procured from Mr. William H. Werner by the Museum 

 Commission and sent to the Jamestown Exposition with the other 

 New Jersey State Museum Exhibits, and will be returned to the 

 State House, Trenton, and installed in the Museum. Two large 

 glass cabinets, containing the following specimens : 



Pa'T of snowy owls (Nyctea nyctea), male and female and nest and eggs, 

 with natural surroundings. 



Great horned owl, male and female, nest and eggs, with natural surround- 

 ings. 



Hawk owl, male and female, nest and eggs, with natural suroundings. 



Wilson's long-eared owl, male and female, nest and eggs, with natural 

 surroundings. 



Saw-whet owl, male and female, nest and eggs, with natural surroundings. 



All of the above with painted background. 



Four small cabinets of bird groups : 



The sparrow hawks, male and female, nest, eggs and young, with natural 

 surroundings. 



Clapper rail or mud hen, female and young, and a white or Albino speci- 

 men, with natural surroundings. 



Sharp-shinned hawk, female and five young and nest, with natural sur- 

 roundings. 



Purple galinule, male and female and six young, with natural surroundings. 



NEW SPECIMENS IN THE STATE MUSEUM DURING THE YEAR. 



Mounted Birds. 

 Caspian tern. 

 Forster's tern. 

 Common tern. 

 Black skimmer. 

 American golden plover. 

 Red-backed sandpiper. 

 American long-eared owl (3'oung). 

 Chuck-will's widow. 

 Nighthawk. 

 Redpoll. 

 Varied thrush. 

 Puffin. 



Common tern. 

 Sernipalmated sandpiper. 



Spotted sandpiper. 



Great horned owl. 



Hairy woodpecker. 



Purple grackle. 



Lapland longspur. 



Savanna sparrow. 



White-eyed vireo. 



Louisiana water-thrush. 



Mourning warbler. 



Wilson's warbler. 



American pipit. 



Winter wren. 



Sandhill cranes (male and female). 



Swan. 



Coot. 



