REPORT ON THE SECTION OF BIRDS' EGGS IN THE U. S. NATIONAL 

 MUSEUM, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 80, 1886. 



By Charles E. Bendibe; U. S. Army, Honorary Curator. 



The accessions during tbe year embrace, iu addition to the eggs, 148 

 nests, the greater portion of which are XQvy fine specimens, while many 

 are new to the Museum collection. The following are the most impor- 

 tant additions: 



Anthony, A. W., Beaverton, Oregon : Farus rtifescens (6 eggs) and Perisoreus ohscurut 

 (nest and 5 eggs), new to the Museum and tlio only ones known so far ; both from 

 Beaverton, Oregon; Scops asio maxwdliw (1 egg), from Colorado. (Gift.) 



Bendire, Capt. Charles E. : Zojwirichia querula (4 eggs), from Little Horn River, Mon- 

 tana, and Sco})S trichopsis (4 eggs), from Fort Lowoll, near Tucson, Ariz. (Gift.) 



Gale, Denis, Goldhill, Bowlder County, Colo. : Cincltis mexicanus (nest and 4 eggs). 

 (Gift.) 



Go88, Capt. B. F., Feivaukee, Wis. : Nests and eggs (641 specimens, 111 species), some 

 new to the Museum, and all very desirable, iuclftding among the rarer species 

 sterna caspia (20 eggs in sets of two and three) and Buteo alhicaudautus, new to the 

 Museum ; both from near Corpus Christi, Tex. ; Gymnocelia cyanocephala (nest 

 and 4 eggs), from Fort Garland, Colo. ; Junco caniceps (nest and 4 eggs), from Han- 

 cock, Colo.; Regulus salrapa (nest and 9 eggs), from Grand Mcnan, New Bruns- 

 wick; Relminthophaga chrysoptera (2 nests and eggs), from South Michigan, and 

 anas fulvigula (set of 10 eggs), both new to the Museum. (Exchange.) 



Stephens, F., San Bernardino, Cat. : Harporhynchus lecontei (2 nests, 7 eggs), in^wto the 

 Museum; from California. (Purchased.) 



U. S. Fish Commission : Nests and eggs (60 specimens), including the rare Sanrothera 

 bahamensis (2 eggs), contributed by Mr. ,L E. Benedict; collected during the 

 cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross among the Bahama Islands 

 April, 1886. 



Wayne, A. T., Charleston, S. C. : Uelonia swainsoni (nest and 2 eggs) ; from near 

 Charleston, S. C. New to the collection. (Purchased.) 



The numbering, classifying, and arranging of 1,508 specimens, taking 

 tlie record and measurements of 12,000, has been accomplished, a series 

 of mostly duplicate eggs has been placed on exhibition, numbering 

 1,491 specimens, and a beginning has also been made in exhibiting a 

 series of the nests. 



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