CHAPTER VIII. 



REPORT OF THE STATE ZOOLOG-IST. 



I.ansinu, Mich., Dec. 20th, 18G0. 



To Proi A Wihchvll, State 



the honor to transmit the following report of pro- 

 the Z ^logical department of the Natural History 

 • the State, during the past two years. 



Owing to the limited appropriation made by the Legislature 



for the pm mmencing the Geological Survey of the 



State, and the desirableness of prosecuting the explorations in 



department with as effective a force as possible, 



wt 11 aware, to devote but a part 



of my time to inv< tfl in the department assigned me in 



' nation of the I 



(lections already made comprise such speci- 



be readily obtained without the sacrifice of much 



:■ materially f] llieient progress of the 



y much remains to be done before an approximation to a 



t* our fauna can be obtained. 



tare of the subjects of investigation in this de- 



- difficult, in ■ limited space, to give a satisfactory 



i id progress of the work, or even to embody 



th" ; iplished v much remains onfinisl 



j-'ie of th- 8 known to inhabit our 



will, perh .ps, besi prew n1 an outline of the labor already 

 med, and at 1 ■ time fun rirable information 



in regard to 1 



