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sianus). A nest and four eggs of tlie black-chinned sparrow {Spizella 

 atrigularis)^ from J. E. Blaisdell, San Diego, Oal., the first known to have 

 been taken ; this is a most valuable acquisition. 



SPECIMENS DISTRIBUTED. 



The number of specimens distributed during the six months ending 

 June 30 is 421, representing 323 species, as follows : 



Months. 



(a) Exchanged. 



(b) Lent for exam- 

 ination. 



Speci- 

 mens. 



Species. 



Speci- 

 mens. 



Species. 



January . . . 

 February . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



174 

 8 



174 

 5 

 

 



132 

 8 



137 

 4 

 C 

 



361 



281 



60 



42 



LIST OF DISTRIBUTIONS. 



(a) Exclianges. 



Hensliaw, E. W., If. S. Geological Survey : 61 specimens, 37 species, 

 from various localities. 



Fox, Dr. W. E., Washington, B. C. : 110 specimens, 93 species, from 

 various localities. 



Webster, F. 8., Wasliington, E. C. : 2 specimens, 1 species. 



Worthen, Charles K., Warsaic, El. : 7 specimens, 7 species. 



Coale, E. K., Chicago, El. : 1 specimen. 



Eargitt, Er. Fdivard, London, England: 66 specimens, 30 species, of 

 American woodpeckers. 



Eartlauh, Er. C, Bremen, Germany : 1 specimen of Pacific eider {Soma- 

 teria v-nigra). 



Berlepsch, Coimtvon, Muenden, Germany: 6 siDecimens, 5 species, from 

 Cozumel Island, Yucatan. 



Lawrence, George N., Neic YorTi City: 8 specimens, 7 species, from 

 Cozumel Island. 



McEwraith, Thomas, Eamilton, Ontario : 18 specimens, same number 

 of species, from various localities. (Three specimens returned April 9, 

 1885.) 



Townsendj Charles E., Smithsonian Institution: 75 specimens, same 

 number of species, being duplicates of his collection in Northern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Maynard, C. J., & Co., Boston, Mass. : 3 sets of eggs (3 species) from 

 Arctic America. 



Earlier, E. G., Chester, Pa. : 2 sets of eggs (2 si^ecies), from Massachu- 

 setts and Montana. 



