ADDITIONS TO THE STATE MUSEUM DURING THE 



YEAR 1871. 



I. TO THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPAETMENT. 



I. By Donation. 

 From Simon J. Sche:herhorn, Schenectady, N. Y. 

 A Great Horned Owl {Bitbo Yirginianus Bonap). 



From "WiLLixVM Schoonmakee, Cedar Hill, K. Y. 



A Buff-breasted Shelldrake {Mergus inerganser). 



An albino Barn Swallow {Hirimdo horreorum Barton). 



From K. Baehydt, Albany, JST. Y. 



A specimen of Gallimda galeata Bon., shot in Clarksville, Albany 

 county, N. Y. 



From James H. Lin acre, Albany, N^. Y. 

 A blue-spotted Salamander {Plethodon gliUinosus Toch.), taken on 

 the sidewalk in Albany. 



From J. J. Acker, Albany, N. Y. 

 Two specimens of Banded Proteus {Menolranchus lateralis), from 

 the Hudson river at Troy. 



From Frederick McCloy, Albany, IST. Y. 

 Skull of a Eat {Mus decumanus Pallas). 



From Col. Eichard J. Dodge, Fort Lyon, Colorado. 

 Skins of t\vo Antelopes {Antilocajyra Americana), and three skulls. 



From Temple Prime, JSTew York. 

 A suite of type specimens of the Mollusca of Long Island, N. Y., 

 as per list of Sanderson Smith and Temple Prime, given in the 

 Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist, of ]N". Y., voh ix, 1870. 



