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Specimens of the very rare fern, Schizea inisilla Pursh, from Geo. 

 L. English, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Specimens of eighty -four species of fungi, from W. A. Keller- 

 man, Manhattan, Kansas. 



S]:)ecimens of one hundred and fifty-five species of fungi, from H. 

 W. Harkness, M. D., San Francisco, Cal. 



Specimens of one hundred and ninety-eight species of plants, by 

 collection of the Botanist, one hundred and fourteen of which are 

 new to the Herbarium. 



List of Native Woods, from the New Yorlc State Exhibit at the 

 New Orleans Exposition. 



(Presented by Hon. D. J. Johnston, of Cohoes.) 



1. Board of white pine, 



2. " Norway pine, 



3. " spruce,* 



4. " hemlock, 

 6. " cedar, 

 6. " oak, 

 7 " white ash, 



8. " hickory, 



9. " Iflack walnut, 



10. " butternut, 



11. " cheny, 



II. Zoological Department. 



(Additions to Zoological Collections of the State Museum, during the year 1885.) 



A specimen of theLotainornata (plain Burbot), found at Cohoes, 



in draining off the factory canal, which is fed from above the Cohoes 



Falls; 70 feet above tide. Presented by Cornelius Kellv, Cohoes, 



A common clam (Yenus mercenaria) showing a break in the shell, 

 which has been completely repaired by a nacreous deposit. 



An irregularly-sliaped pearl, from the shell of the common clam. 



A group of twelve pairs of large oyster shells united at their 

 apices; showing the manner of growth. Presented by W. H. 

 Keeler, Albany, N. Y. 



A very fine specimen of black hare. Presented by Dr. Leonard, 

 Camden, Oneida county, N. Y. 



By Purchase. 

 Head of buffalo (mounted), specimen, killed on the farm of Henry 

 Gallien & Sons, Belfield, Billings count}', Dakota Territory. 

 Two antelope heads (mounted). 

 Ostrich eggs, Batavia, Java. From Frank Lewis, Schoharie, JST. Y. 



III. MiNERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL. 



A slice from the meteorite which fell at Tunkhannock creek, 

 Rensselaer county. From S. C. H. Bailey, Cortland-on-the-Hudson. 



