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Of the other species, types of the following are in the U. S. 

 National Museum:" 



Troglodytes parkmani (probably No. 66,644). 



Ptilogonys toicnsendii (No. 2,922). 



SyUia delafieldii (No. 2,905). 



Sylvia macgillivrayi (No. 1,910). Larus occidentalis. 



Fringilla toicnsendii (No. 2,874). JHomedia fusca. 



Fringilla chlorura (No. 1,896). Phalacrocorax toionsendii. 



Of the rest, the types are in the Academy collection, as follows, 

 or else have been entirely lost sight of •}"' 



Dryobates villosus harrisii (Aud.). 



Picus harrisii Aud. Orn. Biog., v, p. 191. 



1,923. (S" Columbia river. J. K. Townsend. Type. 



24,246. 9 Columbia river. J. K. Towiiseud. 



Another in the U. S. National Museum does not correspond with 

 either of those mentioned by Audubon in date of capture, so that 

 it is probable that the above pair are those from which he drew his 

 description. 

 Brachyspiza capensis peruviana (Less.)? 



Fringilla mortoni Aud. Orn. Biog., v, p. 312. 



10,614. ''Columbia river. J. K. Townsend." From Dr. Woodhouse. 

 Tyju. 



This specimen was evidently obtained in Chile, and was wrongly 

 labelled. 



The other types of Audubon in the Academy collection are: 



Melopelia leucoptera (L.l. 



Columba irudeauii And. Bds. of Am., vii, p. 352. 



30,034. "1 he type specimen described by Mr. Audubon. J. C." Te.\as. 

 From Bell. 

 Scolecophagus breweri (And). 



Quiscitlus breweri Aud. Bis. of Am., vii, p. 345. 



3,840. Ft. Union. Juue 24, 1843. Edvv. Harris. Type. 

 Sturnella magna neglecta (Aud.). 



Sturnella neglecta Aud. Bds. of Am., vii, p. 339. 



'*I am indebted to Dr. Charles W. Eichmond for information relative to 

 the Townsend specimeos contained in the National ISIuseum. 



"The lost types are as f)!lows — some of them may, however, be found 

 among the material at the National Museum, part of which, Dr. Kichmoud 

 informs me, is not at present aecesrsible for examinaiion : 



Uria toicnsendii. Phalacrocorax resplendens. 



Procellaria pacifica. Ilcematopus toicnsendii. 



Proeellaria tenuirostris. Himnatopvs bachmani. 



Diomedia nigripes. Apfiriza toicnsendii. 



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