REPORT. 



TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. 



The Regents of the University respectfully report : 



The contents of the Cabinet are, in general, in excellent con- 

 dition. The additions to it during the past year, by gift and by 

 purchase, are set forth in the accompanying schedules. But the 

 Regents discharge a pleasing duty in making special mention of 

 the munificent donation of Charles F. Wadsworth, Esq. of Buffalo, 

 consisting of casts of fossil animals. A descriptive list, with an 

 account of the supposed habits of the most remarkable of these 

 animals, prepared by Professor Ward of the Rochester University, 

 the maker of the casts, accompanies this report. It is also due 

 to Mr. Wadsworth to mention that he paid all the expenses of 

 transportation, and of setting up, incasing and inclosing these 

 casts ; and to Professor Ward, to acknowledge the obligations of 

 the Regents to him for the taste and elegance with which they are 

 arranged. 



The Circular issued last year by the Regents, inviting the aid 

 of the naturalists of the State in supplying the deficiencies of the 

 Cabinet, has produced some fruit, and promises to be productive 

 of much more. 



A very large proportion of the deficiencies of the State Herba- 

 rium has been supplied, and the Regents have received valuable 

 material for a full catalogue of the Plants of the State. The names 

 of the contributors to the Herbarium, and the general nature of 

 their contributions, are added in a schedule. We are glad, however, 

 to notice the fact that the venerable Chester Dewey, that excel- 

 lent gentleman and distinguished caricographer, has contributed 

 a large number of the Carices of the State. This gift imparts to 

 the Herbarium a new and peculiar value. We also mention, that 

 as the foundation of a collection of our Mosses, Mr. Charles H. 



