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Purchases 

 G. r. Dippie, Toronto Can. 



American flamingo.. Phoenicupterus ruber Linn M 



Roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaia (Linn.) MF 



Wilson's phalarope Steganopus tricolor Vieill MF2Yng. 



Richardson's owl Nyctala tengmalmi ricbardsoni (Bonap.). MF 



Carolina paroquet Conurus earolinensis Linn MF 



F. H. Lattin, Albion N. Y. 



Wood ibis Tantalus loculator Linn M F 



Joseph S. Oliver, Delmar N. Y. 

 Red-tailed hawk Buteo borealis (Gmel.) Yiig. M 



Photographs 

 A series of excellent photographs of birds, birds nests and 

 eggs for use in illustrating the Birds of Neiv York, now in prepara- 

 tion, have been received from the following sources: David Bruce, 

 Brockport N. Y., George C. Embody, Hamilton N. Y., James H. 

 Miller, Lowville N. Y., Rufus Stanley, Elmira N. Y., C. F. Stone, 



Branchport N. Y. 



Birds eggs 



Donated by Ing. K. Truesdell, Cold Spring N. Y.: set of 16 



eggs of flicker, Colaptes auratus lute us Bangs. 



Birds tiests 

 Donated by Prof. Charles H. Peck, state botanist : nest of ruby- 

 throated hummingbird, T r o c h i 1 u s c o 1 u b r i s Linn. 



REPTILES 

 Donation 

 George A. Lockwood, Philmont N. Y.: epidermis of black 

 snake, Zamenis constrictor (Linn.) 



FISHES 



A collection of fishes and marine invertebrates was made at 

 Cold Spring Harbor during the summer by Mr George G. Scott. 

 These specimens have not yet been identified. A list will be 

 published in the report for next year. 



Purchases 

 Two specimens of long-nosed gar, T y 1 o s u r u s m a r i n u s 

 (Walbaum), from the coast of Massachusetts, south of Boston. 



