8 curator's annual report. 



Balance in treasury May 6, 1884 $509 16 



Total receipts during the year 1,968 24 



Total $2,477 40 



Total disbursements during the year 1,644 66 



Balance in treasury May 6, 1885 $832 74 



Prof. William B. Dwight, curator of the museum, 

 presented a report as follows : 



The museum has been increased by the following 

 donations during the season of 1884-1885 : 



From Mr. C. N. Arnold — One coral, and one hundred and thirty speci- 

 mens of North American ferns. 



" Mr. A. Innis — One tropical snake — chilabothwist inornatus. 



" Dr. Junghans — One beetle from Japan, and one tapeworm. 



" Mr. J. C. Pumpelly — Two geodes from Keokuk, Iowa. 



" Mr. William Ward — One echinoderm. 



" Mr. W. Hanlon — One specimen of peat from Ireland. 



" Mr. F. L. Moore — a cord showing the circumference of a big tree 

 at Mariposa, California. 



' ' Mr. W. B, Styles — One concretionary nodule of iron , Lawton, Mich. 



" Dr. W. G. Stevenson — One tarantula, two specimens of sponge 

 from Nassau, N. P., one banded water-snake — platenis cati- 

 caudatus — South Atlantic ; one ungatia vepsadnia, Port Paix, 

 Hayti ; seven specimens of crabs, Nantucket, Mass., (one of 

 carcinus irroratus, six of gelasimus fvgnax); two slugs — Umax 

 agrestis — Poughkeepsie ; one spider — epeira diadema — Pough- 

 keepsie ; eight craw-fishes — astacus bartoni — Poughkeepsie ; 

 three lizards, one brain each of the shad — clupea sapidissma — 

 Hudson River, of the screech owl — scop>s asio — of the blue jay 

 —cyanurus cristatus — of the large-eared owl — osio otus — of the 

 red-winged starling — agelaeus phoeniceus— of the pigeon-hawk 

 — falco colrun barhis — and of the flying-squirrel — sciuropterus 

 volucella. 



" Mr. W. B. Dwight — various specimens of sand, gravel, clay, and 

 concretionary material illustrative of the peculiar formation of 

 Clark's clay beds near Newburgh. 



The following articles have been added to the museum 

 during the year by purchase : 



One hawk — buteo lineatus. 



One kingfisher — ceryle alcyon. 



One purple grackle — quis calis purpureus. 



