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Museum of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (through L. M McCormick). — 1t'> speci- 

 niens. 16 species, chiefly from Africa, and marly all new to the collection. (Ex- 

 change.) 



Dr. K. Iiey, Leipzig, Germany.— 20 specimens, 20 species, from various countries; a 

 very valuable collection containing many species hitherto unrepresented in the 

 Museum, among them the curious terrestrial Jay, Podoces hendcraoni, from Central 

 Asia, and the large pale Bubo siMricns, from the Altai Mountains in Southern Siberia. 

 (Purchased.) 



/.'. Ridgway, Laurel, Maryland. — 11 specimens, 8 species, from Laurel, Maryland. 

 (Gift.) 



if. Ridgway, Laurel, Maryland. — 86 specimens, 34 species, from Maryland, Virginia, 

 Illinois, and Indiana. (Gift.) 



R. Ridgway, Laurel. Maryland. — 43 specimens, 33 species, (two accessions) chiefly 

 from Laurel, Maryland. (Gift.) 



T. Ringer, Nagasaki, Japan. — 109 specimens, 74 species, from Southern Japan. A 

 very interesting addition to the collection of Japanese birds now in the Museum. 

 Among the chief attractions is a flue male of the true Sommeriug's Pheasant, proving 

 that all the specimens in the Mnseum believed to be this bird in reality belong to 

 a distinct species, Phasianus seintillans. There is also a specimen of the Spoon-billed 

 Sandpiper ( Eurinorynchus pygmceus). (Gift.) 



Lieut. Wirt Robinson, U. S. Army, Fort Adams, Rhode Island. — 12 specimens, 7 

 species, albino Birds from Virginia. (Gift.) 



Thua. Rowland, New York City. — 9 specimens, 3 species, from North America, viz, 

 4 Passenger Pigeons, 2 Great Gray Owls, and 3 Arctic Horned Owls, one of the latter 

 mounted. (Purchased. ) 



Dr. /.'. W.Shufeldt, Fort Wingate, New Mexico. — One specimen Cistothdrus palustris 

 paludicola, from Fort Wingate. (Gift.) 



Tvkio Educational Museum, through Mr. Nainiye, Tokio, Japan. — Adult female and 

 young male of Dryobates namiyei, the first ones known of this species and yet uude- 

 Bcribed. (Exchange.) 



Victor Ritti r von Tschusi :u Schmidhoffen, Hallerie, Salzburg, Austria.— 24 specimens, 

 111 species, from Austria nicely filling important gaps in our series of European birds; 

 preparation excellent. (Exchange.) 



U. 8. ttsh Commission, (through Col. M. McDonald, Commissioner). — ;25(> specimens, 

 about 112 species, from Santa Lucia, West, Indies, and various parts of South Amer- 

 ica. A very valuable accession, especially as regards the collection made on the Gal- 

 apagos Islands, some of which not previously visited by naturalists being represented. 

 Among the birds which may be especially mentioned in this connection are the rare 

 Swallow-tailed Gull {Creagrus fureatus), of which two fine adults were collected at 

 Dalrymple Rock, these being, respectively, the fourth and fifth examples known to 

 naturalists. 



U. 8. Fixh Commission (through Col. M. McDonald, Commissioner) — 96 specimens, 

 35 species, from Alaska. 



U. 8. Naval A cademy, Annapolis, Maryland— 63 specimens, II species, of mounted 

 birds, chiefly from Maryland. (Gift.) 



Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia (through John Fannin, esq., cura- 

 tor) — 27 specimens, 9 species, from British Columbia. (Exchange.) 



./. Wallace, New York City— 6 specimens, 6 species, nearly. ill new to i be collection, 

 among which is a very rare and interesting parrot (Dasypli I us pequetii) from New 

 Guinea. (Pun based.) 



Dr. Ji. II. Warren, West Chester, Pennsylvania— A series of 24 specimens of Quis- 

 calitH quiscula. (Gift.) 



Arthur '/'. Wayne, Charleston. South Carolina— 17 Cross-hills, from Mcl'hersonville, 

 South Carolina. (Purchased.) 



./. Cranl W'vlls, Grenada, West Indies— 3 specimens, 2 species, of water birds. 

 (Gift.) 



