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J. Wallace. 13 specimens, 13 species, 6 species new to the collection. 

 (Purchased.) 



G. W. Ward. 11 specimens, 8 species, of herons, &c, from Southwest- 

 ern Florida. (Gift.) 



H. A. Ward. 1 skin of adult Ardea occidtntalis. purchased for exhibi- 

 tion collection. 



Prof. H. E. Webster. 1 mounted specimen of the black gyrfalcon (ffiero- 

 falco gyrfalco obsoletus) from New York. (Exchange.) 



Charles K. Worthen. 3 lots, chiefly from Illinois and California, as fol- 

 lows: (1) 21 specimens, 6 species; (2) 22 specimens, 16 species; (3) 9 

 specimens, 6 species. (Exchange.) 



JosS G. Zeledon. 31 specimens, 28 species, from Costa Eica ; 4 species 

 new to science. (Gift.) 



(&) ACCESSIONS TO THE EGG COLLECTION. 



Gapt. Charles Bendire, TJ. S. A. 18 specimens, 16 species (nests only), 



from Oregon. (Gift.) 

 James Bell. Eggs of Aramus giganteus, from Florida. (Gift.) 

 JDr. E. Cones. Nests and eggs of Myiadestes iownsendi and Parus mon- 



tanus, from Colorado. 

 P. L. Jouy. 17 specimens, 11 species, from Japan. 

 James A. K. Moore. 1 egg of great borned owl from Loudoun County, 



Virginia. . 



B. Bidgway ( Curator Department of Birds). 3 accessions, as follows : (1) 



11 specimens, 8 species, from Wheatland, Ind. ; (2) 34 specimens, 15 



species, from Eichland County, Illinois ; (3) 1 egg of Carolina parakeet 



(Gonurus carolinensis), laid in confinement. (S. I.) 

 Ernest E. T. Seton. 16 specimens, 15 species, from Manitoba, including 



nest and eggs of Oporornis agilis, the first discovered. (Gift.) 

 Livingston Stone. 42 specimens, 19 species, nests and eggs, from 



McCloud Eiver, Northern California. 

 Charles H. Toivnsend. 42 specimens, 18 species, from Shasta County, 



California. . 

 Mrs. Mary E. Turner. Nest and complement of 11 eggs of Bewick's 



wren (Thryomanes bcwicJci), from Mount Carmel, 111. 



General routine work, arrangement of collections, eto. 



(a) GENERAL ROUTINE WORK. 



Besides the labor involved in the cataloguing, labeling, and installa- 

 tion of the 3,651 specimens acted on during the year, a large amount of 

 other routine work has also been done, such as the writing of special 

 papers, based on material in the collection, for publication ; correction 



