REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF BiR] 14.5 



CoaU\ Ff. A., Chicago, 111.: 10 specimens, 34 species, ol «rater birds, 

 chiefly t'm in Northern Illinois. (Exchange.) 



— — . 70 specimens, 54 species, mostly from Wadale, India; with 

 some from the United States, Europe, and Australia. (Exchange.) 



. 7 specimens, same Dumber of species, I from South America, 



1 from Costa Rica, and I from Moluccas. (Exchange. 



. 12 specimens, 2 1 species^ from \ srious localities in t he ( rnited 



states ami a few from Europe and India. (Exchange. 



. l specimen of Munia maldbarioa from Wadale, India. (Gift.) 



. Specimen of Buteo borealis krideri from Illinois; new to the 



collection. (Gift 



Oonklin, \Y. .1., superintendent Menagerie, Central Park, New York 

 City [throuah W, '/'. Kornaday, chief 'taxidermist, l.s. National Museum) : 

 l specimen of Long-tailed ( 'hinese rooster, from ( 'entral Park Menagerie, 

 New York. 



. 1 specimen of Ortu leucogeranus, from Central Park Menagerie, 



New York. (Exchange.) 



Cory, Charles /;., Boston, Mass.: 3 skins of Picoides americanus, from 

 Maine. (Exchange.) 



. 1 skin of Ligea palustris, a new species, from St. Domingo. 



(Exchange.) 



Crumb, Capt. C. H., keeper life-saving station, Cobb's Island, Virginia: 

 specimens of Ammodromus maritimus from Cobb's Island, Va. (Gift.) 



Doicell, John, Washington, D. C: Mounted specimen of Porzana 

 jamaicensis, from Piscataway, Md. (Gift.) 



Duteher, William, New York City: 12 speci mens of Passerculus prin- 

 erps in flesh, from Long Island. (Gift.) 



Edwards, Vinal V., WooeVs Holl, Mass: 1 specimen of Fratercula 

 arctioa, from Wood's Holl, Mass. (Gift.) 



Fisher. William -/., United States tidal observer, Kodiak, Alaska: 23 

 specimens, 17 species, from Kodiak. (Gift.) 



Worrer, A., Switzerland : 2 skins ( $ and $ ) of Bhynchopsitta pachy- 

 rhyneha, from Dnrango, Mexico; new to the collection. (Purchased.) 



Fox, Dr. W. H., Washington, I). C. : 46 specimens, 35 species, chiefly 

 from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; the first specimens, with possibly 

 one or two exceptions, which the Museum has ever received from that 

 state. (Exchange.) 



. 75 specimens, 11 species, from Tennessee; including Pious 



borealis and Quiscalus purpureas, the first specimens of these species 

 obtained west of the Alleghanies; also, two examples of Peuccea aesti- 

 valis iUinoensis. (Exchange.) 



Gaumcr, G. F., Yucatan: 2.3 specimens, 12 species, from Yucatan 

 (Purchased.) 



Qrebnitzki, Cover nor, Bering Island, Kamtschaika: 22 specimens, 12 

 species, from Bering Island. (Gift.) 

 S. Mis. 33, pt. 2 10 



