﻿PREFATORY 
  NOTE 
  

  

  TO 
  THE 
  

  

  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  EDITION 
  OF 
  THE 
  28TH 
  REPORT. 
  

  

  [This 
  report 
  was 
  originally 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Legislature 
  in 
  1875* 
  and 
  printed 
  as 
  a 
  

  

  Legislative 
  Document 
  in 
  1876.] 
  

  

  The 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  with 
  

   the 
  accompanying 
  scientific 
  papers, 
  are 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  

   board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  January 
  

   of 
  each 
  year, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Chancellor 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  are 
  trans- 
  

   mitted 
  to 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  that 
  year. 
  All 
  the 
  reports 
  thus 
  

   transmitted 
  are 
  printed 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  800 
  copies, 
  as 
  State 
  

   documents 
  ; 
  any 
  greater 
  number 
  are 
  printed 
  only 
  on 
  special 
  

   order 
  or 
  resolution 
  of 
  the 
  Legislature, 
  and 
  it 
  had 
  so 
  happened 
  

   that 
  no 
  such 
  order 
  was 
  given 
  regarding 
  the 
  27th, 
  28th, 
  29th 
  

   and 
  30th 
  reports, 
  which 
  were 
  printed 
  only 
  as 
  documents 
  in 
  the 
  

   regular 
  course 
  of 
  State 
  printing. 
  

  

  In 
  1878, 
  a 
  special 
  appropriation 
  was 
  made 
  (chapter 
  252 
  of 
  

   Laws 
  of 
  1878,) 
  for 
  printing 
  the 
  usual 
  Museum 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  

   reports 
  above-named, 
  together 
  with 
  additional 
  matter 
  to 
  be 
  

   included 
  in 
  the 
  28th 
  and 
  30th 
  reports. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  report, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  matter 
  contained 
  in 
  

   the 
  Documentary 
  edition, 
  includes 
  descriptions 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  fossils 
  illustrated 
  on 
  plates 
  3-34 
  inclusive, 
  with 
  

   some 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  nomenclature 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  : 
  also, 
  

   pages 
  205-210, 
  with 
  plates 
  35-37 
  in 
  illustration. 
  The 
  30th 
  

   report 
  contains 
  additional 
  matter 
  from 
  page 
  117 
  to 
  page 
  256 
  

   inclusive. 
  

  

  Albany, 
  December, 
  1879. 
  . 
  

  

  