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There are also among the public collections, those of Brown 
University at Providence, Rhode Island College of Agriculture 
and Mechanic Arts at Kingston, Franklin Society at Providence, 
Newport Natural History Society at Newport. Each of these 
contain rare birds taken within the State. Among the private 
collections, those of Mr. H. S. Hathaway of Cranston, Mr. Edward 
Sturtevant of Newport, Mr. J. M. Stainton of Providence, Mr. 
Harry A. Cash of Pawtucket, Mr. Walter Angell of North Provi- 
dence, and the oological collection of Mr. B. La Farge of Newport, 
Mr. F. E. Newbury of Providence, and Mr. C. E. Doe of Provi- 
dence are deserving of mention. The State of Rhode Island is 
much richer in collectors than in observers, although this is to be 
lamented, yet the records we have are most of them substantiated 
by the existence of specimens. 
