CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX. 



A. Catalogue of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes, added 



to the State Cabinet from January 1, 1853, to January 1, 1854. 



B. Catalogue of moUusca, Crustacea, etc. do. do. 



C. Additions to the botanical department, do. do. 



D. Catalogue of minerals, geological specimens and fossils, do. do. 



E. Additions to the historical and antiquarian collection, do. do. 



F. Communication from Professor Cook, on the specimens of salt and salt 



water presented by him, with an analysis of most of the same. 



G. On the Serpents of New- York, with a notice of a species not hitherto 



included in the Fauna of the State : By Spencer F. Baird. 



1. Chronological order of publication oi, the volumes of the Natural His- 



tory of New- York. 



2. Materials received at the State Greological Kooms, towards the volumes 



now printing on Insects and Palaeontology. 



