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fresh state or in skins. The following list of desiderata has 

 been furnished by the Curator: — 



Most valuable additions have been made to this depart- 

 ment during the year. Besides the rich and varied series of 

 humming birds, embracing over seven hundred specimens, 

 and perhaps thi-ee hundred species — the gift of Mrs. Bryant — 

 a collection of more than two thousand Guatamrdau birds 

 was purchased from Dr. Van Patten. For other additions we 

 are indebted to Mrs. H. F. Chase, Messrs. G. A. Boardman, 

 J. E. Cabot, C. Cowing, E. C. Derby, J. Ennis, C. Q. Hill, P. 

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