DEDICATION. 



To His Excellency, 



ROSWELL P. FLOWER, 



Governor of the State of New York : 



Sir : I have the honor to present to your Excellency a volume of the Natural 

 History of the State, entitled Volume VIII, Part II, Paleontology op New 

 York. 



This volume, published by authority of the Legislature, is the final one of 

 thirteen in this department of Natural Science, and relates especially to the 

 Class Brachiopoda. Any further investigations which may be made in this 

 science will be published as separate papers or memoirs. 



The volume is a continuation of Volume VIII, Part I, entitled an Introduc- 

 tion to the Study of the Palaeozoic Brachiopoda ; Part I having been commu- 

 nicated to your Excellency in 1892. The long delay in the publication of the 

 second part is a matter of extreme regret to the author. 



The objects of this work, as stated in the first part of the volume, were to 

 bring together under one title a summary and revision of the genera of Palaeo- 

 zoic Brachiopoda, including in this revision all the genera which had been pub- 

 lished in the preceding volumes of the Palaeontology of the State, as well as in 

 collateral works. This work has now been accomplished, so far as collections 

 and means of publication have been afforded. 



In concluding this work I wish to express my most sincere thanks to your 

 Excellency for the liberal and kindly disposition manifested towards this 

 undertaking ; also my grateful acknowledgments to the Legislatures of the 

 State of New York which, in the past, have so liberally responded to the needs 

 of scientific investigation. 



I have the honor to remain, 

 With great respect. 



Your obedient servant, 



JAMES HALL, 



Albany, N. Y., November 29, 1894. State Geologist and PalcEontologist. 



