SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT. 71 



scaled quails, i golden eagle, and 4 western red-tailed hawks, 

 from Charles Sheldon ; 4 yellow-crowned and 4 black-crowned 

 night herons, from C. D. Brown ; and 2 banded fruit pigeons, 

 from Mason Mitchell. 



Purchases. — i whooping crane, 2 sandhill cranes, and 5 de- 

 moiselle cranes; 12 brown pelicans, 4 American flamingoes, 4 

 roseate spoonbills, 2 Javan peacocks, 2 ring-necked pheasants, 

 2 peacock pheasants, and 2 Mongolian pheasants ; i Brazilian 

 eagle, and 2 Chinese geese. 



The rarest specimen received during the year was an albino 

 bob- white (Colinus virginiantis), captured in southern Okla- 

 homa, and presented by Mr. Charles Payne, of Wichita, Kan. 

 Amongst quails, albinism appears to be of exceedingly rare oc- 

 currence, and Mr. Payne declares that this bird is " one out of 

 two million." 



To the bird department, the most important gift of the year 

 was $300 in cash received from Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes for 

 the purchase of ornithological books. The invaluable aid this 

 will afford in the study of the habits and the care of birds may 

 be judged by the titles of the books as given elsewhere in the 

 annual list of gifts to the Society. 



On December 31, 1901, the bird department contained the fol- 

 lowing birds : 



Order. .Species. Specimens. 



Ratitse i 3 



Longipennes 5 20 



Steganopodes 4 25 



Anseres 28 225 



Odontoglossse 2 7 



Herodiones ' 14 42 



Paludicolse 4 11 



Gallinse 22 86 



Columbse 3 8 



Raptores 19 62 



Psittaci 15 24 



Coccyges i 2 



Pici I I 



Passeres 44 143 



Fourteen Orders .' 163 659 



