REPORT ON THE ZOOLOGICAL EXHIBIT. 



By WILLIAM B. MARSHALL. 



In the department of antln-oijology and etlmology at the "World's 

 Cohimbian Exposition the New York scientific exhibit consisted of 

 three parts, viz. : 



I. The mastodon found at Colioes, JST. Y., in 1866, and presented to 

 the ]S"ew York State Museum by Alfred "Wild in the name of the Har- 

 mony Mills Company of Cohoes. The twenty-first annual report of 

 the State Cabinet contains a history of this specimen. 



II. A collection of stuffed animals illustrating the present and his- 

 toric mammalian fauna of this State. Most of the specimens shown in 

 this collection are from New York localities, but a few, especially of 

 those animals that are now extinct in New York, are from localities 

 outside of the State. 



III. A collection of the land and fresh-water shells of New York. 

 The specimens shown in these exhibits were loaned under proper 



authority by the New York State Museum. The shells were derived 

 chiefiy from the extensive collections presented to the museum in 1886 

 and 1887 by Dr. Charles E. Beecher, but valuable contributions of 

 specimens were received from the following gentlemen : Rev. W. M. 

 Beauchamp, Baldwinsville ; Mr. Shelley Crump, Pittsford ; Mr. T. M. 

 Fry, Syracuse ; Mr. W. S. Teator,' Upper Eed Hook ; Mr. Albert 

 Bailey, Chepatchet; Dr. S. Hart Wright, Penn Yan ; Mr. James 

 Delaney, Rochester ; Prof. George H. "Hudson, Plattsburgh ; Rev. 

 John Walton, Rochester. 



Lists of the collections of mammals and shells are appended hereto. 



Didelphys virginiana, Shaw, opossum; 

 male and female. 



Lepus sylvaticus, Bach., wood hare; 

 three specimens. 



Lepus amerioanus, Erx., nortliern hare; 

 one specimen. 



Erethlzon dorsatus, Linn., Canada por- 

 cupine; male and albino. 



Zapus hudsonius, Ooues, jerboa; one 

 specimen. 



Fiber zibethicus, Linn., muskrat; male 

 and female. 



Fiber zibethicus, Linn., muskrat; one 

 specimen. 



Arvicola pinetorum, Le G., pine mouse; 

 one specimen. 



Arvicola riparius, Ord, jneadow mouse; 

 male, male-albino and female. 



Evotomys rutilus gapped, Coues, red- 

 backed mouse; one specimen. 



Hesperomys leucopus, Baf., white- 

 footed mouse; one specimen. 



Mus musculus, Linn., common mouse; 

 male and female. Introduced from 

 Europe. 



Mus decumanus, Pallns, brown rat; 

 male, male-albino, female, female-pied. 

 Introduced from Europe. 



Neotoma floridana, Ord, wood rat; one 

 specimen. 



Castor fiber, Linn., Beaver; group of 

 two males, one female, two young. Ex- 

 tinct in New York. (See note I.) 



Arctomys monax,- Linn., woodchuck 

 one specimen. 



Tamias , striatus, Linn. , chipmunk 

 three specimens. 



Sciurus hudsonius, Erx., red squirrel: 

 male, female and albino. 



Sciurus carolinensis, Gniel., grey squir- 

 rel ; five specimens. 



Sciurus niger, Linn., fox squirrel; five 

 specimens. 



Sciuropterus volucella, Gl., flying squir- 

 rel; male and female. 



Sorex platyrhinus, De Kay, broad-nosed 

 shrew; one specimen. 



Scalops aquations, Linn., shrew mole ; 

 two specimens. 



