16 Twenty-fifth Report on tee State Museum, 



From Wm. C. Bailey, M. D,, Chatham, N. Y. 



Shells from near Foocho, China, of three species, viz. : Cytherea 

 lusoria^ Tapes Indica and Cyrena fluviatilis. 



From 11. W. Lobdell, Brownstown, Wayne Co., Mich. 



Specimens, in alcohol, of the " Colorado Potato Bug " {Doryijhora 

 decern lineata Say sp.), collected at Brownstown. 



F^om Kev. J. L. Zabriskie, New Baltimore, IST. Y. 

 Gordius varlus Leidy, ^ (eight inches long, of a yellow-brown color), 

 from New Baltimore. 



From Michael A. Wantz, New Scotland, N. Y. 



A Hen's Egg, weighing 4f ounces,. and measuring in its circumfer-, 

 ences 7 and 8| inches. 



From Prof. Henry A. Ward, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Two Skins of Elk {Cervus Canadensis). 



II. By Purchase. 



Twenty-seven mounted Skeletons of New York Yertebrata, pre- 

 pared under the direction of Prof. Henry A. Ward, Rochester, N. Y., 

 as follow^s : 



Mammalia. 



Vulpes fulvus Rich. (Red Fox), ?. Byron, N. Y. 

 Erethizon dorsatus Cuv. (White-haired Porcupine). North. N. Y. 

 Didel^liys Yirginianus Shaw. (Opossum), $ and ? . West. N. Y. 

 Fiber Zibethicus Cuv. (Musk Rat), 5 . Genesee river, Rochester. 

 Sciurus Carolinensis Gm. (Gray Squirrel), s. Wyoming, N. Y. 

 S. Carolinensis var. niger Say. (Black Squirrel). Wyoming, N. Y. 

 Sciurus Iludsonius. (Red Squirrel), $ . AVestern N. Y. 



AVES. 



Bubo Virginia7ius Bonap. (Great Horned Owl). Webster, N. Y. 

 Tringa rufescens Yiel. (Buff-breasted Sandpiper). Long Island. 

 Philohela minor Gray. (American Woodcock). Monroe Co., N. Y. 

 Corvus Americanus Aud. (Common Crow). Rochester, N. Y. 

 Wiyncops nigra Linn. (Black Skimmer). Long Island, N. Y. 

 Alcedo Alcyon Linn. (Belted Kingfisher). Genesee river, N. Y. 



