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DONATIONS TO THE STATE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



From January 1, 1861, to Jatniiarj 1, 1862* 



From Dr. ARMSBY. 

 One Mummy of an Ibis, from tke Catacombs of Egypt- 

 Large GaAfiSHOPPER, from Africa. 



H. B. NORTROP, Esquire, SandyhilL 

 One Indian eelique : Stone in the form of an egg. 



JAMES POWERS, Bath. 

 One Banded Oarfish. 



WILSON MILLER. 

 One Echinus, West Indies. 



SAMUEL L. SMITH, Ireland Corners. 



Two EiNG-SNAKES. 



JOHN SMITH, New-York. 

 Two Bottles of Salt, SaginaAv, Michigan. 



Hon. GEORGE W. CLINTON, Buffalo. 

 Six Specimens of Banded Proteus. 



J. P. BARNUM, Genoa, Cayuga County. 

 Fossils from the Hamilton group. 

 Indian Stone Hammer, Genoa. 



Notice of a Mole not enumerated by Dekay in the Fauna of the State : 



BY S. F. BAIRD. 



ScALOPS breweri, Back. Hairy-tailed Mole. 



This species of Mole, although not mentioned by Dekay in the State N^atural History, is in 

 reality very abundantly to be met with in the northern part of the State, and apparently to the 

 exclusion of the more southern species with white naked tail, S. aquaiicus . Its burrows are 

 very dififerent from those of the latter species ; being at a considerable distance beneath the 

 surface, with heaps of loose earth thrown up at intervals over the gallery, without any kind of 

 entrance whatever. 



