DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 



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The papers published during the year by the curator and other inves- 

 tigators, based upon material belonging to the department of birds in 

 the National Museum, are noticed in the bibliography forming Part iv 

 of this report. 



An actual inventory of the whole collection of mounted birds and 

 skins was taken, showing the number of specimens in the Museum to 

 be as follows : 



(1) Exhibition series 7,000 



(2) North American reserve series (including Passeres, Macrochires, Pici, 



and Coccyges) 12, 841 



(3) Netropical reserve (including ditto) 11,324 



(4) Old World reserve (including ditto) 3, 737 



(5) Water birds, game birds, raptores, etc. (not separated geographically).. 10,973 



(6) Duplicates 7,570 



(?) Alcoholics (estimated). 2, . r :00 



Total 55,945 



The reserve series, exclusive of alcoholics, consisted, therefore, of 

 45,875 specimens at the end of June, 1886. 



The reserve skin series at the same time consisted of 88.875 specimens. 

 The different families were represented as follows: 



Family- 

 uEgithinidai 



No. of 

 specimens. 



47 



Alaudidoe : 



North America 



Neotropical 



Old World 



.... 25G 



7 



110 









373 



Alcedinidao : 



North America 



27 





Neotropical 



Old World 



.... 97 

 94 









218 

 489 







Ampelidse : 



North America 



70 





Neotropical 



Old World 



9 

 14 









93 

 1119 



Anatida) 





AphrizidaB 





79 



Ararnidaa 





17 



Ardeidai 





411 



Artamidao 





14 



Bucconidaj 





90 



Cancroruidaa 





10 



Cariamidse 





1 



Capitomdae : 



Neotropical 



Old World ... 



.... 41 

 .... 17 



r,» 



Family. 



No. of 

 specimeus. 

 Caprimulgida3 : 



North America 1.9 



Neotropical 94 



Old World 19 



242 

 29 



Cathartida^ 



CerthiidaB : 



North America 90 



Neotropical 3 



Old World 44 



137 



Chamajidaa 28 



Charadriidie 485 



Chionidida3 



CiconiidaB 



CinclidaB : 



North America 44 



Neotropical 10 



Old World 14 



(18 



Cctirebida) : 



North America 2 



Neotropical 398 



400 



Columbidae 524 



Colymbidad ■ 164 



Conopophagidro 10 



Coraciadao 11 



Corvida) (crows) 195 



