To William H. Seward, 
Governor of the State of New- York. 
SIR, 
I submit a Report on the Zoology of the State; 
And have the honor to be, 
With great respect, 
Your obedient servant, 
JAMES E. DE KAY. 
The Locusts, Queens Co., L. I. 
January 1, 1842. 
