ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. 



The Albany Institute has donated to the State Museum its 

 extensive collection of minerals, fossils, shells and alcoholic speci- 

 mens. During the next year this material, most of which is now 

 stored in boxes, will be unpacked and catalogued so far as 

 possible. 



ZOOLOGY. 



By Purchase. 



Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonap.). Sage Grouse. Male and female; 

 Colorado. 



Bonasa umbellus togata (Linn.). Canadian Ruffed Grouse. Male and 

 female, Quebec, Canada, March 26, 1888. 



Tympanuchus cupido (Linn.) Heath Hen, or Eastern Pinnated Grouse. 

 Male taken on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Dec. 22, 1890. Length 

 16 in.; Expanse 28f in.; Wing 12-j- in.; Crop contained leaves and 

 grasshoppers. Female, from same place, Dec. 24, or 25, 1890. 



Falco rusticolus obsoletus (Gmel.). Black Gyrfalcon. Female, shot 

 near Lake Ontario in Monroe Co., N. Y., in October, 1890. The 

 label contains the following field notes; — Length 22-J in. Tail 9 J 

 in. Wing 15^ in. Spread 51 in. Cere and feet grey (not so 

 bright a grey as in the Osprey). 



Cathartes aura (Linn.). Turkey Buzzard. Adult shot in the town of 

 Clarendon, Orleans. Co., N. Y., July 18th, 1891, by A. E. Snyder. 



Struthio camelus (Linn.). African Ostrich. Mounted skeleton. 



By Donation. 



Mr. Z. A. D. Strevell, Altamont, Albany Co., N. Y. 

 Urinator imber (Gunn.), Northern Loon. Female shot at Warner's 

 Lake, Albauy Co., N. Y., November 1890. 

 Mr. Frank A. Ward, Rochester N. Y. 

 Coccothraustes vespertinus (Coop.), Evening Grosbeak. Male and 

 female, shot at Way land, Steuben Co., N. Y., in February, 1890. 



