DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 



161 



Family. 



Pteroclidae 



PteroptochidaB 



Ptilogooatidae : 



North America. 



Neotropical ... 



No. of 

 specimens. 



6 



27 



20 

 31 



51 



Pycononotidae 206 



Rallidae 332 



RecurvirostridsB 55 



Rhamphastidae 130 



Rhynchopidas 22 



Rupicolidae 5 



Scolopacidaa 1396 



SpheniscidaD 13 



Storcorariidae 160 



StrigidaB 718 



SturnidaB 



Sulidos 



Sylviidas : 



North America . 

 Neotropical ... 

 Old World 



202 



87 



514 



Taiingridae : 



North America 130 



Neotropical 1334 



TetraonidaB . . 

 ThinocoridsB 

 Tinamidae ... 

 Todidae 



1)4 



30 



803 



1464 



475 



22 



54 



20 



Family. 



TrochilidaB : 



North America 278 



Neotropical 1506 



No. of 

 specimens. 



Troglodytidas : 



North America 369 



Neotropical 343 



Old World 46 



Trogouidae : 



Neotropical 178 



Old World 11 



Turdidae : 



North America 590 



Neotropical 342 



OldWorld 198 



Tyrannidaa : 



North America 788 



Neotropical 1221 



Upupidae 



Urinatoridao 



Vireonidae : 



North America 275 



Neotropical 304 



1784 



758 



189 



1130 



2009 



7 



85 



579 



Total 38875 



The exhibition series consists of about 7,000 specimens, and is deci- 

 dedly the least satisfactory part of the collection as regards its general 

 utility and chances of preservation. This unfortunate condition of the 

 exhibition series arises from several circumstances wholly beyond con- 

 trol of the Museum authorities, chief of which are the totally unsuitable 

 cases, which are so old and badly constructed that both dust and insects 

 are freely admitted, and the preservation of the specimens seriously 

 jeopardized. Owing also to the faulty construction of the cases, which 

 have stationary shelving and are poorly lighted, it is impossible to make 

 anything like a neat arrangement of the specimens. 



Of the 7,000 specimens in the exhibition series, more than 4,500 have 

 been transferred to the new polished black- walnut stands, thus having 

 nearly 2,500 (actually 2,327) which have still to be transferred. None 

 of the new printed labels have yet been attached to the stands, there 

 being no one to do the work. 



The condition of this drawer series (study collection and duplicates) — 

 much the larger and more important part — is, as regards preservation 

 from insects, as nearly perfect as possible. The great bulk of the col- 

 lection is inclosed in suitable driers, into each of which has been 

 H. Mis. 170, pt. 2 11 



