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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  3 
  New 
  cases 
  and 
  an 
  entire 
  rearrangement 
  in 
  the 
  mineralogical 
  

   department 
  ; 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  gain 
  the 
  necessary 
  room 
  to 
  exhibit 
  the 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  collection 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  museum 
  — 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  room 
  for 
  

   future 
  growth. 
  

  

  4 
  New 
  labels 
  for 
  the 
  minerals. 
  A 
  label 
  with 
  no 
  printing 
  except 
  

   species 
  and 
  variety 
  name, 
  having 
  blank 
  lines 
  for 
  addition 
  of 
  locality, 
  

   etc., 
  is 
  contemplated. 
  

  

  5 
  A 
  rearrangement 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  state 
  stratigraphic 
  geological 
  

   collections, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  set 
  of 
  labels 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  6 
  The 
  rearrangement 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  ophidia 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   museum. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this 
  administrative 
  report, 
  the 
  Director 
  communi- 
  

   cates 
  herewith 
  two 
  scientific 
  papers, 
  which 
  form 
  an 
  appendix 
  to 
  it. 
  

   These 
  articles 
  are 
  respectively, 
  The 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Crystalline 
  Rocks 
  

   of 
  Southeastern 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  The 
  Origin 
  of 
  the 
  Serpentines 
  in 
  the 
  

   Vicinity 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  by 
  F. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Merrill. 
  A 
  preliminary 
  list 
  

   of 
  geological 
  museums 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Canada 
  is 
  also 
  

   printed. 
  

  

  Record 
  of 
  Attendance 
  at 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  From 
  October 
  i, 
  1895, 
  to 
  September 
  30, 
  1896, 
  total 
  attend- 
  

   ance 
  . 
  52,003 
  

  

  Greatest 
  monthly 
  maximum, 
  August 
  6,268 
  

  

  Greatest 
  daily 
  maximum, 
  September 
  9 
  683 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  Collections 
  

  

  Ornithology 
  

   A 
  Collection 
  op 
  Birds' 
  Nests 
  and 
  Eggs 
  Donated 
  by 
  Robert 
  Warwick 
  

  

  COMMON 
  NAME 
  

  

  Scientific 
  name 
  

  

  

  Locality 
  

  

  Hermit 
  thrush 
  

  

  Tardus 
  aonalaschkae 
  pallasii, 
  

   Cab 
  . 
  . 
  ... 
  

  

  3 
  

   4 
  

  

  6 
  

   4 
  

   5 
  

  

  

  

  Fleming, 
  Cayuga 
  

  

  county 
  

   Fleming, 
  Cayuga 
  

  

  county 
  

   Fleming, 
  Cayuga 
  

  

  comity 
  

   Fleming, 
  Cayuga 
  

  

  connty 
  

   Fleming, 
  Cayuga 
  

  

  county 
  

  

  ReH-winged 
  blackbird.. 
  

   Long-billed 
  marsh 
  wren. 
  

   IJose-breasted 
  grosboak. 
  

   Yellow 
  warbler 
  

  

  Agelaius 
  phoeuicens, 
  L 
  

  

  Cistothorus 
  palustris, 
  Wils 
  

  

  Deiidroica 
  aestiva, 
  Grinel 
  

  

  

  