﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  

  

  55 
  

  

  Bonasa 
  umbellus 
  togata 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  {Canadian 
  ruffed 
  grouse) 
  

  

  Lagopus 
  lagopus 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  ( 
  Willow 
  p 
  tarni 
  igan 
  ) 
  

  

  Tympanuchus 
  cupido 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Heath 
  hen) 
  

  

  Lyrurus 
  tetrix 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Black 
  grouse) 
  

  

  Tetrao 
  urogallus 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  {Capercaillie 
  or 
  Capercailzie) 
  

  

  Family 
  F»hasianiciae 
  

  

  Pheasants 
  

   Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  (English 
  pheasant) 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  torquatus 
  Gmelin 
  

  

  (Ring-necked 
  pheasant) 
  

  

  Family 
  Meleagrida© 
  

  

  Turkeys 
  

   Meleagris 
  gallopavo 
  silvestris 
  (Vieil- 
  

  

  lot) 
  

   (Wild 
  turkey) 
  

  

  Order 
  ColiJirxibae 
  

  

  Family 
  Colun-ibicia© 
  

  

  Pigeons 
  

   Ectopistes 
  migratorius 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Passenger 
  pigeon) 
  

  

  Zenaidura 
  macroura 
  carolinensis 
  

  

  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Mourning 
  dove) 
  

  

  Columbigallina 
  passerina 
  terrestris 
  

  

  Chapman 
  

  

  (Ground 
  dove) 
  

  

  VI 
  

  

  HISTORICAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  report 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  was 
  published 
  a 
  statement 
  setting 
  forth 
  

   the 
  propriety 
  of 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  State 
  historical 
  museum, 
  

   the 
  statutory 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  to 
  in- 
  

   augurate 
  and 
  uphold 
  such 
  an 
  undertaking 
  and 
  outlining 
  a 
  logical 
  

   plan 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  museum. 
  The 
  proposition 
  as 
  therein 
  stated 
  was 
  

   submitted 
  to 
  the 
  Regents 
  committee 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  and 
  

   with 
  their 
  unanimous 
  approval 
  laid 
  before 
  the 
  Board 
  which 
  also 
  

   unanimously 
  

  

  Voted, 
  That 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  committee 
  be 
  adopted 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Education 
  be 
  authorized 
  to 
  direct 
  the 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  State 
  Historical 
  Museum 
  through 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Following 
  this 
  favorable 
  action 
  the 
  general 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  

   historical 
  museum 
  was 
  embodied 
  in 
  a 
  circular 
  and 
  distributed 
  very 
  

   widely 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  all 
  historical 
  associations 
  and 
  to 
  

   a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  individuals 
  interested 
  either 
  locally 
  or 
  generally 
  

   in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  response 
  to 
  this 
  circular 
  was 
  

   general, 
  cordial 
  and 
  even 
  enthusiastic. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  evident 
  from 
  

   the 
  first 
  that 
  the 
  successful 
  outcome 
  of 
  this 
  project 
  would 
  depend 
  

   less 
  on 
  an 
  approving 
  sentiment 
  than 
  on 
  actively 
  contributing 
  par- 
  

   ticipation, 
  particularly 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  not 
  the 
  purpose 
  to 
  ask 
  special 
  appropriations, 
  but 
  to 
  carry 
  

   the 
  undertaking 
  along 
  with 
  present 
  means 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  these 
  could 
  

  

  