To the Senate and House of Representatives : 



I transmit to the House of Representatives, for the information of 

 the Legislature, a Report on Quadrupeds, by Professor Emmons, of 

 Williams' College ; a Report on Birds, by Rev. W. O. B. Peabody, of 

 Springfield ; and a Report on Fishes, by D. Humphreys Storer, M. D., 

 of Boston : Commissioners appointed to survey the Zoology of the 

 State, under a Resolve of April 12th, 1837. 



EDWARD EVERETT. 



Council Chamber, 



6th April, 1838. 



