REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I918 9I 



Lady-finger, Unio gibbosus Mississippi river, Fair* 



port, Iowa 



Missouri niggerhead, Abovaria ellipsis Mississippi river. Fair- 

 port, Iowa 



Buckhorn, Tritogonia tuberculata Mississippi river. Fair- 

 port, Iowa 



White heel-splitter, Symphynota complan- 



ata Mississippi river, Fair- 

 port, Iowa 



1-2 dozen 18-line button saws 



Valves of shells from which blanks have been cut 



Blanks: 16, 20, and 24-line cut from valves; rough, unfinished and of varying 

 thicknesses 



Blanks, 24-line ground or backed to proper thickness 



Blanks, 24-line, shaped on one face 



Blanks, 24-line, with groove cut on one side i. e. cat's eye or fish eye 



Button drills for making holes 



Blanks, 24-line, drilled 



24-line finished buttons 



Smoked buttons; two shades of smoking 



Novelties made from pieces of polished shells 



Male, John, New Haven, Conn. 



Six species of shells and two species of coral from Florida east coast 



Baker, Dr Smith, Camden 



A large collection of fresh-water moUusks from various localities in New York 



McCulloch, Walter S., Albany 



Seven specimens of tropical shells from the Bahamas 



Birds and Eggs 



Arnold, Benjamin W., Albany 



The Benjamin W. Arnold collection of North American, South American, 

 European, Falkland island and African birds' eggs numbering about 1800 

 sets, presented to the New York State Museum February i, 191 7. Com- 

 plete catalog in preparation. 



Lyon, Dr T. L., Albany 



No. 

 Mounted specimens of birds of the following species: spec. 



Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan) Adult male 



Mallard, Anas platyrhynchp-s Linn. Adult male 



Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber Linn. Adult male 



Roseate spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja (Linn) Adult male 



Scarlet ibis, Guara rubra (Linn) Adult male and female 



Egret, Herodias egretta (Gmelin) Adult female 



Osprey, Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmelin) Adult male. 



Barn owl, Aluco pratincola (Bonaparte) Adult male '..... 



Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus (Gmelin) Adult female . . . 



