A CATALOGUE 



OP THE 



ANIMALS AND PLANTS 



IN 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



To His Excellency Levi Lincoln, Esq. 



Governor of Massachusetts. 



In executing the part of my commission which directed me to fur- 

 nish catalogues 'of the native mineralogical, botanical and zoologi- 

 cal productions of the Commonwealth,' I have been greatly de- 

 pendant upon the assistance of several gentlemen distinguished for 

 their acquaintance with particular branches of natural history. 

 Their names will be found prefixed to the catalogues which they 

 have furnished. And I take this opportunity to testify to the 

 prompt and liberal manner in Which they have executed this dif- 

 ficult task. I ought also to remark, that the catalogues which fol- 

 low, being for the most part the first that have been attempted in 

 this quarter of the country, cannot be supposed perfect or com- 

 plete. They are sufficiently so, however, to furnish a great 

 amount of new and valuable information respecting the organized 

 beings found within the limits of the State. 



In respect to the minerals of the State, I have found it more 

 convenient to give an account of them in describing the several 

 rocks in which they occur, and also in the Tabular View of the 

 rocks appended to the Atlas ; and I judge it wholly unnecessary to 

 repeat the list in this place. 



Respectfully Submitted, 



Edward Hitchcock. 



Amherst College, October 1. 1833. 



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