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mens is, therefore, of extreme interest. A mounted Wurdeinann's Heron, Ardea ivuer- 

 demanni, from Cape Sable, Florida, and a fine specimen of the Great White Heron, 

 Ardea occidentalis, from Southern Florida, were purchased. 



From the Swan Island Club, Swan Island, North Carolina: A specimen of the Ful- 

 vous Tree Duck, Dendrocygna fulva, from Currituck Sound. 



From Ernest E. Thompson, of Toronto, Canada : 3 specimens of Canadian Ruffled 

 Grouse, Bonasa umbellus togata, and 2 Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse, Pedioccetes phasia- 

 nellus campestris, were received in exchange; 35 specimens, 12 species, from Manitoba. 



From the Tokio Educational Museum, Tokio, Japan : 155 specimens, 107 species, all 

 from Japan. This collection is especially valuable on account of the care with which 

 the specimens are prepared, sexed, and labeled. It also contains several species new 

 to the collection of the Museum, besides three species new to science. Many of the 

 species in this collection were not previously represented in our Museum by Japanese 

 specimens. Altogether, it is a most interesting and valuable accession, which in many 

 respects completes the collection of Blakiston and Jouy, making the collection of 

 Japanese birds in the National Museum one of the best ones, if not the best one, in ex- 

 istence. 



From the U. S. Fish Commission : 108 specimens, 10 species, of water birds from the 

 coasts of Massachusetts and from the Newfoundland banks, collected by the natural- 

 ists at Wood's Holl and on board the "Albatross" and the ''Grampus." The collection 

 is very valuable and interesting, containing, as it does, a series of 44 specimens of 

 Puffinus iorealis (which was only described a few years ago, and up to date a very rare 

 species in collections), besides very large series of Jaegers, Stercorarius parasiticus 

 and pomarinus, illustrating the enormous individual color-variations in these birds. 

 Nearly one-half of the collection was received in the flesh and was prepared by the 

 taxidermist, who also mounted a great many of them in excellent style for the exhi- 

 bition series. Only part of the collection was received during October, though, for 

 reasons detailed in the report for September, were first entered in the Museum register 

 during the former month. Also 11 specimens of Bonaparte's Gull, Larus Philadelphia, 

 from Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 



From F. S. Webster, of Washington, District of Columbia : 6 specimens, 4 species of 

 Humming-Birds, from South America, and a Crymophilus fulicarius, shot on the Eastern 

 Branch, District of Columbia, October 17, 1886, received in exchange. 



From Hon. J. S. Wise, of Richmond, Virginia : A Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludo- 

 vicianus. 



From Henry D. Woolfe, Coal Station, Alaska : 27 specimens, 17 species, from Cape 

 Lisbourne, Alaska. 



From Don Jos6 C. Zeledon, of San Jose", Costa Rica : A specimen of a new species, 

 Cotinga ridgivayi Zeledon, named in honor of the curator of this department, and one 

 female Carpodectes antonice Zeled., a recently described and a very rare species, both 

 from Costa Rica. 



From Fred. Zeller, of Washington, District of Columbia : A specimen of Quiscalus 

 ameus from Prince Charles County, Maryland. 



From the Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through the superin- 

 tendent, Arthur E. Brown : A Brush Turkey, Talegalla lathami, in the flesh, and a 

 Parakeet skin, Polytehs melanura. 



From the Zoological Museum, University of Christiania, Norway : 2 specimens, 2 

 species, of birds from Jaj>an, one species new to the collection. 



The present state of the collection is excellent so far as that portion 

 included in suitable receptacles is concerned, except that the drawers 

 are very much overcrowded. A considerable portion, however, yet 

 remain in old drawers which are without lids or other fastenings, 

 and therefore exposed to the attacks of insects. By a liberal use of 

 naphthaline, and constant watchfulness, however, damage has been 



