PART IV. 



A CATALOGUE 



OF 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 zoological 

 productions of the Commonwealth," I have been greatly dependant 

 upon the assistance of several gentleman distinguished for their ac- 

 quaintance 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 man- 

 ner in which they have executed this difficult task. I ought also to 

 remark, that the catalogues which follow, being for the most part the 

 first that have been attempted in this quarter of the country, cannot 

 be supposed perfect or complete. 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 conve- 

 nient to give an account of them in describing the several rocks in 

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

 judge it wholly unnecessary to repeat the list in this place. 



Respectfully Submitted, 



Edward Hitchcock. 



Amherst College, October I. 1833. 



