DEPAETMENT OF BIEDS. 

 (&) Lent for examination. 



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iShufeldt, Br. E. W., U. S. A., Fort Wingate, N'. Hex. : 2 alcoholic birds 

 <(Alcidw). 



Lawrence, George N., Neio Yorlc City : 3 specimens of Ceryle torquata. 



Brewster, William, Cambridge, Ifass. : 3 specimens of Colinus graysoni, 

 and 2 of C. coyolcos. 



Sclater, Br. P. L., London, England: 1 skin of an undetermined ant 

 thrush (ThamnopJiilus) from Bahia. 



Cory, Charles B., Boston, Mass.: 44 specimens, 31 species, chiefly from 

 the West Indies. 



Cory, Charles B.: 1 specimen of Gnildiug's "paYTot {Chrysotis guildingi) 

 from Saint Vincent, West Indies. 



Goss, ]SF. S., TopeM, Kans. : 4 specimens, same number of species. 



(Note. — Without a single exception, all the specimens loaned for examination, as 

 above, were duly returned in good order to the Museum.) 



(c) Gift. 



Coues, Br. E., Smithsonian Institution : 1 set of eggs of mourning dove 

 '{Zenaidura macroura). 



PACKAGES SENT OUT. 



The total number of packages sent out from the office of the curator 

 of the Department of Birds during the six months ending June 30, 1885, 

 was 69, as follows: 



Minor rovtine tcork done. 



