52 CURATOR’S ANNUAL REPORT. 
Two specimens Tyrannus carolinensis, king bird. 
Three specimens Chordediles popetue, night hawk. 
One specimen Coccygus americanus, yellow-bellied cuckoo. 
One specimen Ceryle aleyon, belted king-fisher. 
Two specimens Quiscalus purpureus, purple grackle. 
Three specimens Scolecophagus ferrugineus, rusty grackle. 
One specimen Molothrus ater, cow bird. 
One specimen Sturnella magna, meadow lark. 
Three specimens Icterus spurius, orchard oriole. 
Two specimens Carpodacus purpureus, purple finch. 
One specimen Astragalinus tristis, yellow bird. 
One specimen Plectrophanes nivalis, snow bunting. 
One specimen Passerella iliaca, fox sparrow. 
One specimen Pipilo erythrophthalmus, ground robin. 
One specimen Vireo olivaceus, red-eyed greenlet. 
Three specimens Ampelis cedrorum, cedar bird. 
One specimen Zonotrichia albicollis, white-throated sparrow. 
One specimen Pyranga rubra, scarlet tanager. 
One specimen Dendreeca cestiva, golden warbler. 
One specimen Parula americana, blue yellow-back warbler. 
One specimen Sialia sialis, blue-bird. 
One specimen Turdus migratorius, robin. 
One specimen Turdus mustelinus, wood-thrush. 
One specimen Mimus carolinensis, cat-bird. 
Three specimens domestic pigeons. 
One specimen Phasianus colchicus (?), silver pheasant. 
One specimen Mimus polyglottus, mocking-bird. 
Two specimens Dendreeca coronata, yellow-rumped warbler. 
One specimen Psittacus sp. (?), parrot. 
Twelve specimens as yet unnamed. 
One specimen Tamias striatus, ground-squitrel. 
One specimen Alligator mississtppiensis, alligator. 
One specimen Mus decumanus, brown and white rat. 
Two specimens Rana catesbiana, bull-frog. 
One pair of jaws of Carcharias obscurus, blue shark. 
In the museum the zoological specimens have been 
thoroughly examined and cleaned; some of the cases 
which were purchased from the late Poughkeepsie So- 
ciety of Natural Science, have been altered and reno- 
vated. The valuable collections of plants, donated at 
various times by Mr. Gerard, Dr. Van Gieson, Dr. 
Stevenson, and Prof. Hyatt, have urgently needed re- 
mounting and careful arrangement and classification. 
