APPENDIX A. 



Additions to the collections of the State Museum during the 



year 1886 : 



I. BOTANICAL. 



From H. F. Haxton, Buskirk's Bridge, Washington county: 

 Section of an apple tree, three feet four inches in diameter. 



II. ZOOLOGICAL. 



By Purchase. 



From H. T. Woodman, of New York city : 

 177 Corals. 

 136 Marine shells. 



2 Opercula of Turbo. 



7 Groups of eggs of gastropods. 



2 Spider crabs. 



5 Limulus polyphemus, showing special features. 



18 Echinodermata. 



19 Sponges. 



14 Gorgonias. 



By Donation. 

 From Joaquin Molar : 



Vertebrae, natural preparation, Matanzas, Cuba. 



From W. H. Keeler, of Albany, ]$. Y. : 



Oysters and star fishes growing on a wooden stake, used to 



mark the proprietary line of oyster beds. 

 A brick covered on one side with young oysters. 



III. MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL. 



By Donation. 



From George F. Kunz, of Hoboken, N. J. : 



One collection of typical rocks from New Hampshire, con- 

 taining 250 specimens, collected and named by Prof. 

 Charles H. Hitchcock, State Geologist. 



