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W. Eagle Clark ( Edinhurgli, Scotlaud) : Nine sppciiiiens (!) species), fioiu P^uslaud, 



Azores, Russia, and Japan. (Exchange.) 

 Charles B. Cory (Boston, Mass.): Forty specimens (2.5 species), chiefly from the 



West Indies, (Exchange.) 

 Arthur M. Cox (Chicago, 111.): Twenty-seven specimens (21 species), chiefly from 



vicinity of Chicago. (Gift.) 

 Prop'. A. Duges (Guanajuato, Mexico) : One skin of the rare Picolaples h >i(;>)/((st( r, 



from Michoacan, and one Ferruginous Pygmy Owl ( Glaiicidium phahenoiden) . from 



Vera Cruz, Mexico. (Gift.) 

 Eclipse Expedition: Thirteen specimens (X species), from Africa. (Navy Depart- 

 ment.) 

 Denis Gale (Gold Ilill, Colo.) : I'onr specimens (3 species), from Gold Hill, Colo. 



(Through Capt. Heudire. Gift.) 

 H. V. HEiNson (Hakodadi, Japan): Four hundred and twenty-seven specimens (181 



species) from the Island of Yesso (chiefly near Hakodadi), Japan. A specially 



valuable collection containing a number of si)ecies entirely new to the collec- 

 tion, among them a pair of the great Japanese Eagle Owl {rsei(dopiii)ia.r hlakis- 



foni), the flrst ever received by any American museum, (Purchased.) 

 P. L. .ToiTY (Natiimal Museum, Washington, D. C.): Fifty-four specimens (33 si)e- 



cies), from Tucson, Ariz. (Collected by Mr. Jouy for the Museum.) 

 P. h. Jouy (National Museum, Washington, D. C): Thirty specimens (17 species) 



from Arizona. (Collected Ijy Mr. Jouy for the Museum.) 

 P. L. Jouy (National Museum, Washington, D. C): Thirty specimens (10 species) 



from mountains of North Carolina; 45 specimens from Tucson, Ariz., and Guay- 



mas, Mexico. (Collected by Mr. Jouy for the Museum.) 

 W. C. Kendall (U. S. Fish Commission) : Thirty specimens (26 species), from South 



Carolina. (Gift.) 

 R. McFarlane (chief factor Hudson Bay Company): .Sixty-two specimens (40 spe- 

 cies), from Moose Fork and Cumberland House, Hudson Bay Territory. (Gift.) 

 Dr. Ed(}ar a. Mearxs, U. S. Army (Fort Snelling, Minn.) : One specimen of Western 



Evening Grosbeak (Coccothrausies vesper t inns vioiilanus), in first plumage, from 



Arizona. (Gift.) 

 Thos. J. Luttrell (Washington, D. C.) : One Golden Eagle (Aquila chrijsueioa), in the 



flesh, from the vicinity of Washington. (Gift.) 

 W. Allison Merritt (Wasliiugton, D. C): Two specimens of Least Tern (^S/er/m 



aniiUurnm), from Northumberland County, Va. (Gift.) 

 MrsE(» Nacional de Costa Rica (San Jose, Costa Rica, through Anastasio Alfaro, 



director) : The unique type-specimen of anew species of VVhippoorwill {Avtrosfo- 



mus nifomneuhitus Ridgw.), from the volcano of Irazii, ("osta Rica. (Gift.) 

 MusEO Nacional DE CosTA RiCA (Sau Jose, Costa Rica, through Geo. K. Cherrie) : 



Sixty-flve specimens (35 species), from Costa Rica. (Exchange.) 

 E.W. Nelson (Spring»'rville, Arizona) : A young example of Scott's Oriole (Icterus 



parisorinn), from near Santa V6, N. Mex. ; valuable as considerably extending the 



breeding range of the species. (Gift.) 

 William Palmer (National Museum, Washington, D. C.) : Three hundred and nine 



specimens (43 species), chiefly from Uualaska and the Pribylof Islands, 



Alaska. (Collected by Mr. Palmer for the Museum. ) 

 ISIusEUM OF Natural History (Paris, France) : Forty sjiecimens (36 species), chiefly 



from Madagascar. (Gift.) 

 Dr. A. G. Prill (Sweet Home, Oregon) : Four specimens (adult male and female and 



young) of the Ring-necked Pheasant {fhasianus lorqiinlns), from Oregon; two 



accessions. (Gift.) 

 Dr. William L. Ralph (Utica, N. Y.) : Three skins of young of Syruinum nehnlosum 



aJlevi, in various stages, from Florida. (Gift.) 

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