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  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

   A 
  collection 
  of 
  Ethnological 
  objects 
  from 
  Polynesia. 
  

  

  From 
  S. 
  B. 
  Champion, 
  Bloomville, 
  Delaware 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  Stone 
  Pestle 
  of 
  aboriginal 
  manufacture, 
  found 
  near 
  Bloom- 
  

   ville, 
  Delaware 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  II. 
  To 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Department. 
  

  

  From 
  F. 
  E. 
  Church, 
  the 
  Landscape 
  Painter. 
  

  

  (Through 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  B. 
  Palmer, 
  of 
  Albany.) 
  

  

  A 
  piece 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  Bamboo, 
  six 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  five 
  niches 
  in 
  

  

  diameter. 
  Brought 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Church 
  from 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  III. 
  To 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Department. 
  

   From 
  C. 
  L. 
  Steward, 
  Engineer 
  on 
  — 
  — 
  R. 
  R. 
  ? 
  

   A 
  large 
  piece 
  of 
  wood 
  perforated 
  by 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  Borer. 
  

  

  From 
  Henry 
  E. 
  Legg, 
  of 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  River 
  Gar, 
  or 
  Banded 
  Gar, 
  from 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river. 
  

  

  From 
  — 
  -, 
  Albany. 
  

   Specimen 
  of 
  Sphinx 
  drupiferarum 
  Sm. 
  Abb. 
  

  

  From 
  G. 
  "W. 
  Hatton, 
  of 
  Congress 
  Hall, 
  Albany. 
  

   A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Tropcea 
  Luna 
  (Linn,) 
  

  

  Collections 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

   Several 
  species 
  of 
  Snakes 
  collected 
  at 
  Crawfordsville, 
  Indiana, 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  Vandeloo. 
  

  

  From 
  Hon. 
  L. 
  H. 
  Morgan, 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Six 
  specimens 
  of 
  Beaver 
  Skulls, 
  from 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Superior. 
  

  

  From 
  Major 
  "William 
  Taylor, 
  of 
  St. 
  Catharine's, 
  C. 
  W., 
  formerly 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hon. 
  East 
  India 
  Company's 
  service. 
  

   (Communicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Theodore 
  Kerner.) 
  

   Skins 
  of 
  Serpents 
  from 
  the 
  East 
  Indies, 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  : 
  Cobra 
  de 
  Capello, 
  two 
  specimens 
  ; 
  Cobra 
  de 
  Manilla, 
  

   one 
  specimen; 
  Whip 
  Snake, 
  one 
  specimen; 
  Carpet 
  Snake, 
  two 
  

   specimens; 
  Boa 
  (sp.?), 
  one 
  specimen. 
  £n 
  all 
  seven 
  species.* 
  

  

  * 
  These 
  species 
  were 
  erroneously 
  credited 
  in 
  the 
  Fourteenth 
  Report 
  as 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Kerner, 
  and 
  the 
  correction 
  is 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Major 
  Taylor. 
  

  

  