ADDITIONS TO THE STATE MUSEUM DURING THE 



YEAR 1870. 



I. TO THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPAKTMENT. 



I. By Donation. 



From the Smithsonian Institution. 



Nine Birds' eggs of six species, as follows : 



Lagopus riopestris Leach. "White Ptarmagin. (Two spec.) 



Bernicla Hutchinsii Baird. White-cheeked Goose. (Two spec.) 



Somateria v-nigra Gray. Eider Duck. 



Somateria spectahilis Leach. Pacific Eider. (Two spec.) 



Podiceps griseigana Gray. Red-throated Diver. 



Podiceps occidentalis Lawr. Cooper's Grebe. 



From Ji^iEs "W. Lynn, Long Island. 



Two perfect crusts of Polyphemus occidentalis (Horse-foot Crab), 

 from Northpoint, L. I. 



From Col. Richard J. Dodge, U. S. A. 



Skin of Cervus meter otis Say (Black-tailed Deer) ; two skins of Canis 

 latrans (Prairie Wolf), and two of Cynomys Ludovicianus (Prairie 

 Dog). Fort Lyon, Colorado. 



From Miss M. M. Skerritt, Albany. 

 A specimen of Vespertilio suhulatus Say (Little Brown Bat.) 



From Yerplanck Colyin, Albany. 



A young specimen of Chlorosoma xernalis B. & G. (Green snake), 

 taken from the cellar of his residence. 



From Miss E. Bailey, Albany. 



Laj'vge of Lagoa crispata Packard, collected at New Baltimore. 

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