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Report to the Legislature of the State of New-York from The Regents of the University
Many color plates of Indian costumes and other articles.
Reports of archaeological studies.
Reports of flora and fauna.
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REPORT.
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TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.
The Regents of the University
RESPECTFULLY REPORT:
That during the past year, many and various additions have been made to the Cabinet. For the Zoological department, there have been procured a number of specimens of animals native to the State, and which were not previously in the collection. A list of those presented and purchased accompanies this report.
The engagements of Dr. Fitch, during the last season, have prevented him from increasing the collection of Insects, but the matter is still left in his charge, and he will doubtless, ere long, forward additional specimens.
The Regents have to state with regret, that some of the preserved animals have recently been found to be injured by the moth. An examination of them is now making by a competent person, who is directed to destroy such as may be too far affected, and also to take every means to prevent future loss through this cause.
The Botanical Collection continues in excellent order, and is carefully preserved.
Valuable donations have been received from various persons, for the Mineralogical and Geological Museum. These are particularly specified in the accompanying documents, but the Regents deem it proper to add, that a few months since, Dr. Nathaniel F. Moore, late President of Columbia College, tendered to them a collection of
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minerals, fossils and shells, made by his deceased nephew, Casimir De Rham, Jr. Although the State Cabinet is peculiarly appropriated to our native productions, still the interest attached to these memorials of a young and successful student of Natural History, required that the offer should be cheerfully accepted. Any anticipations that were entertained as to their value, have been greatly exceeded on their examination and arrangement. The collection includes many rare minerals, and highly prized fossils and shells. The curator has prepared a catalogue of them, which will give some idea of the industry and discrimination of one who was too early lost to science.
The Historical and Antiquarian collection continues to increase and flourish, beyond the most sanguine hopes of its projectors. Numerous and valuable presents have been made, and more are promised. Among these are some precious relics from the battle grounds of Saratoga, and a memorial of the victory of Commodore Perry on Lake Erie.
Donation~ also continue to be received of Indian relics, and in the spirit of the views expressed to the Legislature in their last annual report, the Regents deemed themselves justified in purchasing from Mr. E. G. Squire a number of aboriginal remains, which he had obtained in western New-York, and elsewhere.
A few months since, Mr. Lewis H. Morgan, of Rochester, whose liberal gifts have been enumerated in a former report, and who has continued them during the present year, suggested the propriety of endeavoring to bring together a full exhibition of the manufactures of the Indian tribes still remaining within our State, and thus to show, as it were, their transition condition, in the union of their ancient and rude constructions, with the improvements received through the whites. Mr. Morgan added, that he would with pleasure superintend the disposition of any appropriation that might be resolved upon. The Regents could not hesitate to agree to his offer. So rapid, indeed, is the progress of change, with the ancient lords of the soil, that what is to be done must be done quickly. A sum of money was accordingly placed at the disposal of Mr. Morgan, and the result has been the beautiful and interesting collection which now adorns the rooms. It is intended shortly to label each article with its English and Indian name, and the whole will be perfectly illustrated by the sketches accompanying the memoir which forms part of this report.
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Dr. Franklin B. Hough, of St. Lawrence county, a contributor to the Mineralogical and the Antiquarian Collection, has also forwarded a "notice of several ancient remains of art in St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties," accompanied with sketches of the same, and the Regents transmit them as worthy of publication.
Our country presents many examples of the rapid progress from rude art to the most striking exhibitions of human kill, and the State Cabinet would scarcely be complete, without containing specimens of each. Through the liberality of Mr. McAlpine, engineer of the United States Dry Dock, at Brooklyn, there is now to be seen a plaster model of that great work; various specimens of granite employed in its construction, and a collection of soils, through which the necessary excavations for this purpose were made.
Several years have now elapsed since the publication of most of the volumes of the "Natural History of New-York," and it occurred to the Regents that means should be taken to ascertain, and as it were, post up, the progress of' discovery and science in each of the departments to the present time. The suggestion was communicated to several of the persons formerly engaged in the State Survey, and the Regents have now the pleasure to present, as its first fruits, a report from Dr. Lewis C. Beck, the author of the Mineralogy of New-York, comprising notices of the additions made since 1842. Its intrinsic merits, and the labor evidently bestowed upon it, are its best recommendations.
The Regents, on the resignation of the curator, appointed John Gebhard, Jr., of Schoharie county, to that place, and he accordingly entered on its duties on the 1st of November last. Great reliance is placed on his well known devotion to, and his knowledge of, Natural History; and he has already given an abundant earnest, in the industry and zeal with which he has entered on the engagements of his office.
As to the pecuniary affairs of the Institution, the Regents beg leave to refer to the accompanying account current of receipts and expenditures. They have every assurance, that through a clerical error, the appropriation made last year for 1849 and 1850, was reduced one-half, through the omission of the words "for each of the years." Had it not been discovered that a small balance in the treasury de-
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voted to this purpose, remained uncalled for, the committee acting under the direction of the Regents would have been altogether precluded from carrying out their views, and as they were well assured, those also of the Legislature. They therefore solicit that the present appropriation for 1850, viz: two hundred and fifty dollars, may be increased to five hundred dollars, and the last amount also granted for 1851.
Should this request be complied with, it is intended to order preserved specimens of the larger animals, still indigenous to our State. The Beaver, it is said, can still be obtained, but it may be extinct ere another year elapses; the Moose is rapidly diminishing; the Bear, the Wolf, and the Panther, should all be represented. But they must be captured at particular times and seasons; the hunter must be assured that he will be rewarded for his hazardous labors; and the taxidermist has too little of general encouragement, to attend to their proper preservation, unless he can rely on a sure and liberal patron.
It is principally for these reasons, that the Regents solicit an early and kind attention to the wishes now expressed.
By order of the Regents of the University.
G. Y. Lansing, Chancellor.
T. Romeyn Beck,
Secretary.
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Papers accompanying the Report.
A. Account current of receipts and expenditures during 1849.
B. Catalogue of Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fishes, and Crustaceans, added from January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850.
C. Catalogue of Minerals, Geological specimens and Fossils, (including the Cabinet of the late Mr. De Rham,) added from January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850.
D. Catalogue of additions (by donation and purchase) to the Historical and Antiquarian collection, from January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850.
E. Catalogue of Reptiles and Amphibians, native to the State, and contained in the Cabinet, January 1, 1850.
F. Report to the Regents of the University upon the articles furnished to the Indian collection, by Lewis H. Morgan, of Rochester.
G. Notice of several ancient remains of art in Jefferson and St.
Lawrence counties, by Franklin B. Hough, M. D., of Som-
erville, St. Lawrence county.
H. Report on the Mineralogy of New-York, comprising notices of the additions which have been made since the year 1842, by Lewis C. Beck, M. D., late Mineralogist of the Survey of New-York.
I. References to various essays and writings on the Natural History of New-York, mostly published subsequent to the respective volumes on that subject.
K. Index to the volumes in the State Cabinet of Natural History, containing the Plants of the State of New-York.
L. Description of new species of Fossils, from the Trenton limestone, by James Hall. (This paper was received immediately after the adoption of the annual report, but in compliance with
a promise made early in the year.)
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The Regents of the University, in account current with the appropriations towards preserving and increasing the "State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto, and for defraying the incidental expenses of the same."
By balance remaining in the State Treasury, from the appropriations for 1847 and 1848, as per annual report, made January 12, 1849. (See Senate document No. 20, of 1849.) | $88.93
By balance remaining in the State Treasury, on an appropriation made for the same purpose, and of which there
has been drawn, | 313.00
1849.
April 14. By the annual appropriation for 1849, deposited this day in the Albany City Bank, | 250.00
$651.93
1849.
Jan'y 18. By cash paid John G. Bell, for preserved animals and birds; settled as follows:
By a draft on the Comptroller, | $88 93
By voucher No.1, | 5.07
$94.00
April 17. By cash paid Wells & Co., and (receipt left with the Comptroller) freight of boxes containing the above animals and birds, voucher No.1 | 2.50
By cash paid J. Gladding, for glazing, No.2, | 1 38
By cash paid J. T. Robinson, by Dr. Torrey, for printing 1,674 labels for the State Herbarium, and for other expenses in arranging and re-examining the same, No.3, | 62.78
Amount carried forward, | $160.66
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Amount brought forward, | $160.66
By cash paid E. G. Squire, for his collection of Indian relics, from western New-York, No.4. | 50.00
By cash paid J. A. Hurst, for sundry preserved animals and birds, No.5, | 10.50
By cash paid T. R. Beck, for the shell of a tortoise, purchased, No.6, | 2.00
By cash paid for contingent expenses, viz: No.7.
Tozzoni, for repairing model of the Dry Dock, | $1.50
Freight and cartage of State Herbarium, | 1.25
Hoffman's City Directory, | 1.00
3.75
By cash paid Mrs. Carroll, for cleaning rooms, No.8, | 4.00
By cash paid for various contingent expenses, on the 24th of Oct., 1849, 7 vouchers, No.9, | 9.89
By cash paid Lewis H. Morgan, of Rochester, by a draft on the Comptroller, for procuring a collection of Indian manufactures, &c., (voucher left with the Comptroller,) | 215.00
By cash paid J. A. Hurst, for collection of preserved animals, birds, and fishes, | $88.50
To Wells & Co., for freight of Mr. Morgan's Indian collection, from Rochester, | 7.87
Wm. Wall, for cleaning rooms in October, \ 1.00
Cartage of Indian collection to the State Cabinet, | 0.63
98.00
(Paid by a draft on the Comptroller, and vouchers left with him.)
$553 80
1850.
January. By balance to new account, | 98.13
$651.93
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(Copy.)
Albany City Bank, 1st Jan'y, 1850.
I certify that there is a balance of ninety-eight dollars and thirteen cents, standing to the credit of the "State Cabinet of Natural History," in the books of this bank.
(Signed) Watts Sherman, Cashier.
Albany, January 8, 1850.
We have examined the foregoing account, and believe it to be
correct, having compared the same with the vouchers.
Hamilton Fish,
G. Y. Lansing,
Christopher Morgan.
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( B. )
Catalogue
of the
Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fishes, &C.,
Added to the
State Cabinet of Natural History,
From January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850.
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MAMMaLIA.
ORDER CARNIVORA.
FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE.
Zoology-Part I.
VESPERTILIO NOVEBORACENSIS, New-York Bat, (male.) | p. 6
VESPERTILIO SUBULATUS, Little Brown Bat, (male.) | 8
VESPERTILIO NOCTIVaGANS, Silver-haired Bat, (male & fern.) | 9
VESPERTILIO CAROLINENSIS, Carolina Bat, (male.) - - - - 10
FAMILY SORECIDAE.
CONDYLURA CRISTATA, The Common Starnose, (male.) | - 12
FAMILY MUSTELIDAE.
PUTORIUS NOVEBORACENSIS, New-York Ermine, (male, summer dress.) | 36
PUTORIUS VISON, The Mink, (male.) | 37
FAMILY FELIDAE.
LYNCUS BOREALIS, Northern Lynx. | 60
ORDER RODENTIA.
FAMILY SCIURIDAE.
SCIURUS VULPINUS, The Fox Squirre’, (male & fem.) | 69
FAMILY ARCTOMIDAE.
ARCTOMYS MONAX, Woodchuck, (male & female.) | 68
FAMILY GERBILLIDAE.
MERIONES AMERICANUS, Deer Mouse, (female.) | 70
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FAMILY CASTORIDAE.
FIBER ZIBETHICUS, | Muskrat, or Musquash, (male & f.) | 75
FAMILY MURIDAE.
MUS DECUMANUS, Brown Rat, (male & female.) | 79
MUS MUSCULUS, Common Mouse, (male & female.) | 82
MUS LEUCOPUS, Jumping Mouse, (female.) | 82
ARVICOLA RUFESCENS, Tawny Meadow Mouse, (male.) | 85
ARVICOLA HIRSUTUS, Beaver Field Mouse, (male.) | 86
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BIRDS.
ORDER ACCIPITRES.
FAMILY FALCONIDAE
Zoology-Part II.
BUTEO HARLANI,* Harlan's Buzzard, (female.) | p. 11
FAMILY STRIGIDAE.
STRIX PRATINCOLA, American Barn Owl. | 31
ORDER PASSERES.
FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE.
HIRUNDO RIPARIA, Bank Swallow, (male.) | 39
FAMILY AMPELIDAE.
BOMBYCILLA GARRULA, Black-throated Waxwing. | 43
FAMILY CERTHIDAE.
TROGLODYTES AMERICANUS, Wood Wren. | 64
FAMILY SYLVIADAE.
SIALIA WILSONI, Bluebird, (female.) | 65
FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE.
ANTHUS LUDOVICIANUS, American Titlark, (female.) | 76
* Presented by A. F. HOLMES, of Washington county, and mounted by T. C.Henry, gratuitously.
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FAMILY SYLVICOLIDAE.
Zoology-Part II.
VERMIVORA CELATA, Orange-crowned Warbler, (female.) | 87
SYLVICOLA RUFICAPILLA, Red-poll Warbler. | 89
SYLVICOLA AESTIVA, Summer Yellowbird, (male.) | 99
SYLVICOLA VIRENS, Black-throated Green Warbler,
(male & female.) | 100
SYLVICOLA MARITIMA, Cape May Warbler, (male.) | 104
CULCIVORA COERULEA, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher. | 109
FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE.
MUSCICAPA ACADICA, Small Green-crested Flycatcher. | 112
FAMILY VIREONIDAE.
VIREO OLIVACEUS, Red-eyed Greenlet, (male.) | 124
FAMILY FRINGILLIDAE.
EMBERIZA AMERICANA, Black-throated Bunting, (m. & f.) | 155
*SPIZA CYANEA, Indigobird, (male.) | 173
+PYRANGA RUBRA, Black-winged Redbird, (male.) | 176
ORDER GRALLAE.
FAMILY GRUIDAE.
ARDEA HERODIAS, Great Blue Heron, (female.) | 219
ARDEA EXILIS, Small Bittern, (male.) | 225
ARDEA MINOR, American Bittern, (female.) | 226
FAMILY T ANT ALIDlE.
IBIS I\IEXICANUS, | Glossy Ibis, (male.) - - - - • 231
This beautiful specimen was shot on Grand island, in the Niagara river, by J. A. HURST, in the month of August, 1844.
FAMiLY' SCOLOP ACIDlE.
HETEROPODA SEMIPAL!\lATA,t Semipalmated Sandpiper. • • - 2317 TRINGA PUSILLA,t Wilson's Sandpiper, (2 specimens.) 244
• To replace imperfect speeimens.
t Presented by WILLIAM GALBRAITH, of New-Jersey.
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ORDER NATATORES.
FAMILY ALCIDlE.
ZOOLOGY-Part II.
URIA GRYLLR, | Black Guillemot, (male.) _ • • 27~
F AMIL Y PROCELLARIDlE.
THALASSIDROMA WJLSONI, | Wilson's Petrel. - - _ _ _ _ 290
FAMILY PELECANIDJE.
PHALACRACORAX CARBO, | Cor1TlQrant. - - | _ 292
'PELECANUS FUSCUS, | Brown Pelican. | • 294
FAMILY AN ATIDJE.
ANSER CANADENSIS, | Wild Goose. - • • _ • 348
CYGNUS AMERICANUS, | American Swan. • - • _ _ _ 363
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ORDER NATATORES.
FAMILY ALCIDlE.
ZOOLOGY-Part II.
URIA GRYLL&, | Black Guillemot, (male.) • _ • 27~
F AMIL Y PROCELLARIDlE.
THALASSIDROMA WILSONI, | Wilson's Petrel. • - - _ • _ 290
FAMILY PELECANIDlE.
PIIALACRACORAX CARBO, | Cormorant. - - | _ 292
'PELECANUS FUscus, | Brown Pelican. | _ 294
FAMILY ANATIDlE.
ANSER CANADENSIS, | Wild Goose. - ~ | _ • 348
CYGNUS A MERICA NUS, | American Swan. - | • 363
REP·TILES.
ORDER TESTUDINATA.
FAMILY CHELONIDlE.
Genus CHELONIA.
ZOOLOGY-Part III.
CUELONURA SERPENTINA, | Snapping Turtle.· - - - - p. 8
AMPHIBIA,
FAMILY SALAMANDRIDlE.
ZOOLOGY-Part IV.
SALAMANDRA SUBVIOLACEA,· | Violet-colored Salamander. | •• 74
FISHES.
Sun-CLASS 1. Bony Fish ORDER II. Llbdominal.
FAMILY SALMON IDlE.
ZOOLOGY-Part V.
SALMO CONFINIS, | Lake Trout. | - p. 238
• Prcscntcd by GEORGE TODD, of Waterford.
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ORDER VI. Plectognathi.
FAMILY GYMNODONTIDlE.
TETRAODON -,
This fish, which belongs to the genus Tetraodon, and apparently not described or figured in DE KAY'S Natural History, was taken in the Hudson river in 1848, off Sing-Sing, Westchester county, and presented by JOAKIM URMEY, of Sing-Sing.
SUB-CLASS II. Cartilaginous Fishes. ORDER 1. Eleutheropomi.
FAMILY STURIONIDlE.
LZOOLOGY-Parl v.
ACIPENSER OXYRlIINCUS, | Sharp-nosed Sturgeon. - • - - 346
CRUSTACEA.
ORDER DECAPODA.
5 Zocn.OGY-l'art VlI
ASTACUS BARToNn,· | Freshwater Lobster, or Crawfish, p. 23
From 'West river, Warren connty.
CRANGON SEPTEMSPINOSUS, t | Bait Shrimp. -
From Haverstraw bay.
• Presented by PIERRE V AN CORTLANDT. t Presented by JOHN HOLMES.
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LIST
OJ'
MINERALS, GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND FOSSILS,
ADDED TO 1'HE
£Hlltc ~llbind of N atutal flji9tOtU,
(Including the collection of the late Mr. DE RHAM.)
FROM JANUARY 1, 1849, TO JANUARY 1, 1850.
CATALOGUE
OF
MINERAL AND GEOLO:GICAL SPECI,MENS,
RE;CEIVED FROM
FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, A. 1\1., M. D.,
OF SOMERVILLE, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, N. Y.
The following is Dr. HOUGH'S description of the specimens:
1, 2. SULPHATE OF BARYTES. From the farm of V. Phelps, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county.
3,4.5. SULPHATE OF BARYTES. Farm of R. Dean, Antwerp, (near Ox Bow) Jefferson county.
6,7.8. SATIN SPAR. Banks of Oswegatchie river, Rossie, St. Lawrence county.
9, 10. SCAPOLITE. Gouverneur, St. L:l.\vrence county.
11. GRAPHITE. Rossie, near Indian river, one mile south of village, St. Lawrence county.
1~. SPECULAR IRON ORE. Bank of Vrooman'S lake, Antw~rp, Jef- , ferson county.
13. TREMOLITE. Near Church's mills, Rossie, St. Lawrenc~ c~.
14, 15. SULPHATF; OF BAUTES. (Locality of Nos. 1, 2.) Found between the Parish and Kearney ore beds. Rossie. St. Lawrence county, and referred to in the Geological Report of the third district, page 267.
16. BRECCIATED BLACK SERPENTINE. Keene iron mine, Antwerp, Jefferson county.
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17. POTsDAnI SANDSTONE, WITH SPHERICAL CONCRETIONS. Vicinity of the Caledonia or old Parish iron mine, Rossie, St. Lawrence county.
18. SERPENTINE AND STEATITIC PYROXENE. Village of Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county.
19. SPHENE (black) in crystals, imbedded in GNEISS. Near Gouverneur village, St. Lawrence county.
20. CALCAREOUS SPAR. Banks of Vrooman's lake, Antwerp, Jefferson county.
21. IRoN SAND, (magnetic.) Shore of Buonaparte's lake, Diana, Lewis county.
CAST OF THE LABRUM OF AN ISOTELUS. Found in Ohio.
DODECAHEDRAL CRYSTALS OF SULPHURET OF IRON. Farm of John Robinson, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county.
CUBIe eRYSTALS OF SULPHURET OF IRON. Same locality.
SPINELLE, (pale red.) Farm of Mr. Ayers, Gouverneur, near Somerville, St. Lawrence county.
~ALCAREOUS TUFA. Martinsburgh, Lewis county.
CRYSTALIZED MICA. (5 specimens.) Vrooman's lake, Antwerp, Jefferson county.
28. MINUTE CAPILLARY CRYSTALS OF SULPliURET OF NICKEL 1 Found on ANKERITE, and associated with CACOXENITE. Sterling iron mine, Antwerp, Jefferson county.
29. POTSDAM SANDSTONE, (cylindrical structure.) Rossie, St. Lawrence county.
This curious structure is frequently observed in this section of the country, and I do not recollect of having seen a satisfactory theory to account for its formation. These cylindrical masses are of all sizes, from three inches, to fiftecn or twenty feet in diameter; and their axes are always nearly, if not cxactly vertical. At times, two or more encroach on each other.
• The large circle represented in the following figure, is about twelve feet in diameter, at thc locality in Somerville, and the whole is nearly of the same level. The concentric Jines of stratification are sometimes obscure, but the cylindrical structure is always sufficiently apparent. .To no active agent can we attribute these interesting appearances with
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more plausibility, than that of water, revolving in the little vortices or
eddies, and causing the sand, which is the principal constituent in the
MINERALS.
DONATIONS.
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SULPHURET OF IRON, in limestone. From Stephentown, Rensselaer county.
STEA TITE, or SOAPSTONE. Locality unknown.
From James H. Ball.
From C. F. Emery.
CARBONATE OF LIME, or calcareous deposit, enclosing pebbles. From the town of Ithaca.
From N. S. Collier.
LIMONITE. From Hillf:dale.
BLACK OXIDE OF nIANGANESE. Hillsdale.
From John Fitch, Esq. of Troy.
CALCAREOUS SPAR. From Mount Ida, Rensselaer county.
From Herr Drieshach.
SULPHURET OF IRON. From St. Johnsville, Montgomery county.
GEOLOGICAL, INCLUDING FOSSILS.
( DONATIONS.
Prom Ledyard Lincklean, Esq.
A large mass of LIMESTONE, taken from the Marcellus ~hales of Manlius, Onondaga county, in which are imbedded four beautiful GONIATITES, thc largest of which measures one foot in diameter.
Also a lesser mass, from the same locality, split apart longitudinally, exhibiting on one inner surface a GONIATITE and an ORTliOCERA, and on the other the matrices of the same fossils.
From Jonathan B Hart.
Seven specimens of Oriskany SANDSTONE, containing fossils. Found in Condor, Tioga COUI~ty.
Also one specimen, with fossils, from the Hamilton Group. Found
in the samc county.
These specimens have been placed in the cas!:l containing the minet: rals, &c.,·of Tioga county, by the request of the donor.
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rock, to be deposited in circular layers; or entireJy excavating a cylindrical cavity in the sand, before it had assumed the consistence of rock, and leaving it to be filled subsequently.
The following sketch is from the surface of the ro~k, in a field adjoining Somerville village.
The existence of smaller circular masses in the border of, or entirely within a Jarger one, without in the least interfering with the stratification of it, shows that the causes which produced them operated at distinct intervals of time, although their ages appear to be very nearly the same.
This must, upon the whole, be considered a very interesting problem
in Geology. | F. B. H.
N. B. Mr. McALPINE'S donation will be found in the additions to the "Historical and Antiquarian Collection."
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COLLECTION OF THE LATE H. CASIMIR DE RHAM, JR.
Extract of a lctter from NATHANIEL F. ~OORE, LL. D., to the Secretary.
"I have taken the liberty to address to you, and have franked by Livingston & Wells' exprcss a box, containing fossils, mineralogical specimens and shells, for the State Cabinet of Natural History.
" I did not know to whom these things ought to be consigned, but I felt sure that you would not decline the trouble of placing them in proper hands, if I have been mistaken in sending them to you. They belonged to a much regretted youth, my nephew, H. CASIMIR DE RHAM, Jr., who was passionately fond of Ornithology, and though cut off in early life, had collected a fine cabinet of birds. Some of the fossils in this box (which "Were obtained, I think, at Lyme Regis, and from Mary Anning herself,) may be found not unworthy of a place in the State Collection. Whether any of the shells (received, I believe, in exchange for birds,) are of value or not, I am wholly unqualificd to judge. But whatever value they and the rest of the things may have once possessed, has, no doubt, been much impaired by the loss or transfer of labels, jostling about, and the various accidents to which they have been exposed during the last nine years.
" My sister, Mrs. DE ~HAnl, contemplating now a removal from her present residence, and at a loss in which way suitably to dispose of objects with which in some sort is connected the memory of her son, has thought she could not better show her respect therefor, than by sending them where, if they possess any intrinsic value, they will be rightly cared for. If any thing should be found among them worth inserting in the Annual Catalogue, and it should be thought necessary to give credit to the donor, it will be proper to name as such, H. C. DE RUAnr, Esq."
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CATALOGU E.
GEOLOGICAL.
J. to 50, inclusive. RO.,SK SPECIJlIENS, from CumberJand. There is no catalogue accompanying these geological specimens, and the late day at which they were received, has not afforded sufficient time to determine and name them. It is hoped, h.Jwever, that the next Annual Report will contain the name of each specimen.
lIINERALOG lCAL.
51. CARBONATg OF BARYTES, incrusted with copper pyrites and carbonate of lime.
52. CRYSTALIZED SULPHATE OF BARYTES. | Crystals in the form of
epointee, of Haiiy. From Devonshire, EngJand.
53. CALCAREOUS CONCRETION. From the Lago de Tartari, near Rome.
CARBONATE OF LIME, in botryoidal concretions.
BOTRYOIDAL l\1AGNESIAN LInmSTONE. From Durham.
FIBROUS LInIESTONE, edges polished.
FIBROUS WLPHATE OF LInIE. Derbyshire, England.
FIBROUS GYPSUnI. Nova Scotia.
COMPACT FLUOR SPAR.
CRYSTALIZED FLUOR SPAR, polished.
CRYSTALIZED FLUOR, on blende. MatJock. England.
WHITE CRYSTALIZED FI,UOR, upon zinc ore. Derbyshire, England.
FLUOR SPAR, crystalized in cubes, of a beautiful bluish tint.
Cumberland, England.
64. FLUOR SPAR, crystalized in cubes, of a beautiful green. From
Cum berland.
FLUOR SPAR, crystalized in cubes; colorless.
FJ.UOR SPAR, incrusted with crystals of carbonate of Jime.
VEINED FLUOR, polished. Derbyshire.
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VEINED FLUOR, called by the miners, Blue John.
GROUP OF QUARTZ CRYSTALS, incrusted with transparent, terminated, six-sided prisms of heavy spar.
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70, 71. Two six-sided prisms of QUARTZ, with six-sided pyramids, .,
of a beautiful brownish tint.
72. PSEUDOJ\IORPHOUS QUARTZ, sprinkled with blende. From Alston,
England.
TALC.
GREEN TALC.
BLACK 3PINELLE.
BROWN GARNET. Crystals with twenty trapezoidal faces.
GREEN FELDSPAR. Siberia.
GLASSY FELDSPAR. Near Bonn.
CHRYSOBERYL. Near Saratoga Springs.
BER YL. Acworlh, N. H.
BERYL, (imbedded.) Acworth, N. H.
STAUROTIDE. Litchfield, Massachusetts.
STAUROTIDE. Franconia.
BRUCITE, in carbonate of lime. Warwick, N ew- York.
ONYX AGA'I E. Siberia.
CHRYSOPRASE. Baumgarten.
OLIVINE. Habichtwald.
CYANITE. Chesterfield.
ASBESTUS. Greenwood furnace, Orange county, New-York.
GOLD ORE. CharJotte, North Carolina.
SILVER ORE. Siberia.
MURIATE OF SILVER. 'Siberia.
COPPER ORE. Franklin, New.Jersey.
ARSENIATE OF COPPER, on arsenical iron. Amity, New-York.
RED OXIDE OF COPPER. Siberia.
RED OXIDE OF COPPER, incrusted with green carbonate of copper
and quartz. Siberia.
BLUE CARBONATE OF COPPER. Siberia.
MALACliITE. Siberia.
VEINS OF LEAD ORE. From the Odin mine.
SLICKEN SIDE GALENA. Fro,n the Odin mine.
ARSENIATE OF LEAD. From Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland.
ARSENICAL PYRITES 1 incrusting quartz crystals. Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland.
103. MOLYBDENA. Caldbeck Fells.
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URANITE. Cornwall, England,
OXIDE OF llN. Cornwall, England.
AXINITE. Cornwall, England.
AXINITE. Cornwall, England.
VOLCANIC BASALT. Cassel.
MINERAL CAOUTCHOUC. England.
ELASTIC BITUnlEN.
CARBONATE OF LEAD.
SULPHURET OF ZINC AND TIN. Hartz, Germany.
CRYSTALIZED BROWN OXIDE OF IRO"'. CornlVaJl.
MASSIVE GARNET.
SEJ\H OPAL.
PORPnyUY, containing bronzite,
LEPIDOLITE and RUBELLITE. Paris, Maine.
DRUSY QUARTZ.
AURIFEROUS PYRITES. North Carolina.
FOSSILS.
CALYMRNE SENARIA, (folded.) (Hall.) Trenton Jimestone. I
HEAD and POST ABDO~IEN of Calymene sen aria. (Hall.) Trenton limestone.
122. CEPHALIC SHlELD, of Trinucleus concentricus. (Hall.) Trenton limestone.
123.' MATRIX OF CALYnIENE SENARIA. (Hall.) Trenton limestone 1 124. BELLEROPHON BI~OBAl'US, rariety, CORIWGATUS. (Hall.) Trenton limestone.
125, 126, 127. CUETETES LYCOPERDON. (Hall.) Trenton limestone. 128. CALYMENE BLUMENBACIIII, (in two positions.) (Brongniart.) From Dudley, England.
129. A SLAB, covered with small bivalves, fragments of crustac~ans, corallines, &c. From DudJey, England.
130. POST ABDonIEN of an asaph. (Not described in l\'Iurchinson.) From Dudley, England.
131. EUOMPHALUS PENTANGULARIS. From the mountain lime of Sam-
plough, Cumberland, England.
SPIRIFER OBTUSIS. From EgaJsfield, Cumberland, England.
ScIRIFER ATTENUATUS. From Samplough, Cumberland, EngJand.
BIVALVE, (genus ALLORISMA, of King.) From Parkhead, Cumberland, England.
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BIVALVE, (genus ALLORISMA, of King.) Parkhead, Cumberland.
SPlRIFER GLABER. Mountain limestone, of England.
SPIRIFER J,YNX. Mountain limestone. England.
138, 139. ORTIIIS RESUPINATUS. Mountain limestone. England. 140. FAVOSITES, (polished.) Mountain limestone. England. HI. S~IRIFER. Mountain limestone. England.
142. ACROCULIA. From Oriskany sandstone.
143, 144. CORNULITES ARCUATUS. Niagara limestone.
CAST OF LEPTJENA. From Schoharie grit.
CRINOIDAL COLUnIN. Mountain limestone. England.
CORALLINE, (silicified.) Corniferous limestone.
ENCRINAL 1I1ARBLE, (polished.) Derbyshire, England.
E:'\CRINAL nIARBLE, (polished.) Peak Castle, England.
PECTEN 1 From the top of one of the mountains of the Jurlll
chain, Switzerland.
151, 152. CALAMITES. Cumberland, England.
CALAMlTi:S -'1 W orkington, Cumberland.
CALAMITES -1 Parton, Cumberland.
STIGMARIA -. Cumberland, England.
LEPIDODENDRON -. Cumberland, England.
LEPIDODENDRON -. Cumberland; England.
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