(A.) 



ADDITIONS TO THE STATE CABINET DURING 18G5. 



I. By donation. 



I. To the Zoological Department. 



From WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, Newburyport, Mass. 

 A Star Fish. 

 The Egg of the Pea Hen. 



From the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Forty-three specimens of Fishes in alcohol. 



[List to be published in next Report.] 



f The following Marine Shells selected by Dr CARPENTER : 



[List to be published in next Report.] 



II. To the Botanical Department. 



From Miss Rhoda Waterbitrt, Schoharie. 

 Some very nicely prepared specimens, and among them the Polemonium 

 cmruleuin^ L. 



From Hon. HENRY B. LORD, Ludlowville. 

 Some rare Carices (inclusive of two new varieties), and other Plants. 



From W. W. DENSLOW, Esq., New-York. 

 A specimen of Juglans regia, from New-York Island. 



From ELLIOTT C. HOWE, M. D., Fort-Edward. 

 A lot of Plants. 



From the BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAl, HISTORY. 

 A valuable package of Plants. 



From CHARLES H.^ PECK, Esq.. Albany. 

 A number of Mosses and Hepaticace/e. 



' From LEW[S FOOTE, Esq., Detroit, Mich. 

 A Specimen of Scolopendrtum officinarum from vicinity of Syracuse, 

 discovered by Mr. Foote, March 3, 1865. 



III. To the Geological and Mineralogical Department. 



From the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, presented through Hon. 

 Mr. LiSBOA, Envoy Extraordinary, &c., of Brazil. 



