(B.) 



ADDITIONS TO THE STATE CABINET DURING 

 THE YEAR 1868. 



I. BY ItOrVATIOUT. 



L TO THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



From John Bratt, West Point, If. Y. 

 Nest of the small blue speckled Woodpecker, excavated in a maple 

 tree, in front of the Academic buildings, West Point, containing, 

 when opened, five eggs. 



From S. T. Liveemore, Albany, If. Y. 



Tusks of a Walrus, from the Arctic Ocean. 

 Tooth of a Hippopotamus. 

 Jaw of a Poepoise. 



From Richard Bakee, Albany, If. Y. 



Two Eggs laid by the same hen ; the one measuring 1 inch and 1J 

 inches in its diameters ; the other weighing five ounces, and of the 

 diameters of 2J- and 3J inches. 



From Hoeace F. Buckley. 

 A Wild Boae's Tusk from the Plains of San Joaquin, California. 



From S. Yischee Talcott, Albany, If. Y. 

 A Rose-crested Cockatoo (Phyctolophius rosaceus Yeill). 



From Truman H. Aldeich, Troy, If. Y. 

 A collection of Land and Feeshwatee Shells, made in the vicinity 

 of Troy. 



II. TO THE BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. 

 From W. R. Gerard, PoughTceepsie, If. Y. 

 Specimens of five species of rare Plants. 



From G. T. Stevens, M.D., Albany, N. Y. 

 Specimens of Pinus inops Ait., from Essex Co., N. Y. 

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