DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 1")1 



From Jos. Rosenthal, New York City, 4 specimens | I species) birds of Paradise, etc. 



(Purchased.) 

 From Fred Satiter, New ^ 01 k ( it y. t> specimens | i> species I humming birds, from Ecua- 

 dor. (Purchased for World's Fair exhibit. | 

 From Edw. S. Schmid, Washington, I). ('.. African Gray Parrot (Psittacus erytha- 



cus) and 1 Festive Parrot {Amazon a f estiva), in the flesh; the latter (from South 



America) new to the collection; two accessions. (Gift.) 

 From the Science College Museum, Tokio, Japan ( through M. M. Kikuchi). 2 speci 



mens of the Japanese Ptarmigan, new to the collection. (Gift.) 

 From Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, Takoma, D. C, 1 specimen Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago deli- 



cata), from Fort Wingate, X. Mex. -(Gift.) 

 From Wm. <;. Smith, Loveland, Colo., 2 specimens Dusky Grouse (Dendragopus 



obscurus) and 1 of White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus), from Colorado. 



(Purchased for World's Fair exhibit.) 

 From Southwick & Critchley, Providence. I>. I.. :i specimens American game birds. 



( Purchased for World's Fair exhibit.) 

 From Harold B. Stabler, Sandy Springs, Md., I specimens (3 species) hawks and 



owls in the flesh. (Gift. ) 

 From Dr. L. Stejneger, curator department of reptiles, U. S. National .Museum, 40 



specimens (16 species) bird skins, from various parts of the. world, including 26 



specimens and 6 species of the genus Sitta. ((Jilt. | 

 From R.C. Stuart, Tampa, Fla., 1 male Ivory-billed Woodpecker {Campephilns prin- 

 cipalis). (Purchased for World's Fair exhibit.) 

 From Rev. IP B. Tristram, The College, Durham, England, 53 specimens (47 species), 



chiefly from New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Ac. ( Exchange). 

 From B. P. Watrous, Washington, D. C, 4 specimens Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallo- 



pavo) in the flesh. (Purchased for World's Fair exhibit.) 

 From Arthur T. Wayne, (Md Town, Fla., 2 specimens Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides 



forficatus). One specimen presented to Museum, one purchased for World's Fair 



exhibit. 

 From Harry Gordon White, Washington, D.C.,2 specimens (2 species) hawks, from 



Virginia. (Gift.) 

 From R. S. Williams, Great Falls, Montana, a pair of Western Flycatchers {Empi- 



donax difficUis), from Belt River Canon, Montana; parents of nest and eggs pur- 

 chased for oological collection. (Gift.) 

 From Scott P. Wilson, Heatherbank, England, 1 specimen Baillon's Grosbeak (Loxi- 



oides bailloni), from Hawaii. (Purchased.) 

 From the V. S. Fish Commission, Washington, I). C. (through Col. Marshall 



McDonald, Commissioner), 117 specimens (20 species), from the Galapagos 



Archipelago, collected by Mr. Chas. H. Townsend. Twenty-seven specimens 



(20 species), chiefly from Alaska. 



ROUTINE WORK. 



A considerable part of what might properly be included under this 

 heading has been already mentioned. 



The number of specimens mounted during the year (exclusive of those 

 mounted for the World's Fair exhibit) is 276, and of specimens made 

 into skins, 33. These totals are less than for the year 1890-'91, for the 

 reason that a considerable portion of the taxidermist's (Mr. Marshall's) 

 time was devoted to work on the World's Fair exhibit. 



