﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  igoj 
  83 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  ZOOLOGY 
  SECTION 
  

  

  Research 
  and 
  field 
  work 
  have 
  claimed 
  the 
  major 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  

   Zoologist 
  and 
  the 
  Taxidermist 
  during 
  this 
  year. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   deemed 
  worth 
  while 
  to 
  consume 
  much 
  time 
  upon 
  the 
  exhibition 
  

   collections, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  complete 
  rearrangement 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  

   necessary 
  with 
  the 
  occupation 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  building. 
  As 
  usual 
  the 
  

   birds 
  have 
  received 
  the 
  chief 
  attention. 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  series 
  has 
  

   been 
  restored 
  to 
  order 
  and 
  many 
  new 
  mounts 
  replace 
  old 
  ones. 
  A 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  material 
  replaced 
  is 
  available 
  for 
  loan 
  to 
  

   schools. 
  The 
  avifauna 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  now 
  represented 
  by 
  all 
  but 
  

   17 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  recognized 
  as 
  occurring 
  within 
  our 
  borders, 
  an 
  

   increase 
  of 
  17 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  report. 
  Among 
  the 
  species 
  thus 
  added 
  

   are 
  some 
  specially 
  noteworthy, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  record 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   European 
  linnet 
  and 
  yellow-billed 
  tropic-bird 
  for 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  

   indebted 
  to 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  their 
  owners, 
  and 
  New 
  York 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  Gyrfalcon 
  and 
  passenger 
  pigeon. 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  scaled 
  

   petrel 
  is 
  also 
  among 
  the 
  accessions. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  still 
  

   missing 
  are 
  not 
  rare, 
  but 
  no 
  specimens 
  of 
  satisfactory 
  quality 
  have 
  

   been 
  proffered. 
  In 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  may 
  be 
  

   aware 
  of 
  its 
  needs, 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  lacking 
  species 
  is 
  subjoined: 
  

  

  Skua, 
  Megalestris 
  skua 
  (Brunn.) 
  

  

  Trudeau's 
  tern, 
  Sterna 
  trudeaui 
  Aud. 
  

  

  Black-capped 
  petrel, 
  Aestrelata 
  hasitata 
  (Kuhl) 
  

  

  Booby, 
  Sula 
  sula 
  (Linn.) 
  

  

  Black 
  brant, 
  Branta 
  nigricans 
  (Lawr.) 
  

  

  Barnacle 
  goose, 
  Branta 
  leucopsis 
  (Bechst.) 
  

  

  Eskimo 
  ^ 
  curlew, 
  Numenius 
  borealis 
  (Forst.) 
  

  

  Burrowing 
  owl, 
  Speotyto 
  cunicularia 
  hypogaea 
  (Bonap.) 
  

  

  Skylark, 
  Alauda 
  arvensis 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Holboell's 
  redpoll, 
  Acanthis 
  linaria 
  holboelli 
  (Brehm) 
  

  

  Baird's 
  sparrow, 
  Ammodramus 
  bairdii 
  (Aud.) 
  

  

  Lark 
  sparrow, 
  Chpndestes 
  grammacus 
  ( 
  Say) 
  

  

  Lawrence's 
  warbler, 
  Helminthophila 
  lawrenci 
  (Herrick) 
  

  

  Brewster's 
  warbler, 
  Helminthophila 
  leucobronchialis 
  

  

  (Brewst.) 
  

   Palm 
  warbler, 
  Dendroica 
  palmar 
  um 
  (Gmel.) 
  

   Townsend's 
  solitaire, 
  Myadestes 
  townsendi 
  (Aud.) 
  

   Bicknell's 
  thrush, 
  Turdus 
  aliciae 
  bicknelli 
  (Ridgw.) 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  hypothetic 
  list 
  the 
  following 
  six 
  species, 
  three 
  less 
  than 
  

   last 
  year: 
  

  

  Lesser 
  fulmar, 
  Fulmar 
  us 
  glacialis 
  minor 
  (Kjar.) 
  

   European 
  teal, 
  Nettion 
  crecca 
  (Linn.) 
  

   Masked 
  duck. 
  No 
  m 
  onyx 
  dominicus 
  (Linn.) 
  

   Tory's 
  least 
  bittern, 
  Ardetta 
  neoxena 
  Cory 
  

   Cooper's 
  sandpiper, 
  Tringa 
  cooperi 
  Baird 
  

   European 
  green-finch 
  

  

  