REPORT ON THE SECTION OF BIRDS' EGGS IN THE U. S. NATIONAL 

 MUSEUM, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 183G. 



By Charles E. Bendire; U. S. Army, Honorary Curator. 



The accessions during the year embrace, in addition to the eggs, 148 

 nests, the greater portion of which are very fine specimens, while many 

 are new to the Museum collection. The following are the most impor- 

 tant additions: 



Anthony, A. W., Beaverton, Oregon : Parus rufoscens (6 eggs) and Perisoreus obscurug 

 (nest and 5 eggs), new to the Museum and the only ones known so far ; both from 

 Beaverton, Oregon; Scops asio maxwellice (1 egg), from Colorado. (Gift.) 



Bendire, Capt. Charles E. : Zonolrichia querula (4 eggs), from Little Horn River, Mon- 

 tana, and Scops trichopsis (4 eggs), from Fort Lowell, near Tucson, Ariz. (Gift.) 



Gale, Denis, Goldhill, Bowlder County, Colo. : Cinclus mexicanus (nest and 4 eggs). 

 (Gift.) 



Go88, Capt. B. F., Pewaukee, Wis. : Nests and eggs (641 specimens, 111 species), some 

 new to the Museum, and all very desirable, including among the rarer species 

 sterna caspia (20 eggs in sets of two and three) and Buteo albicaudautus, new to the 

 Museum ; both from near Corpus Christi, Tex. ; Gymnocetia cyanocephala (nest 

 and 4 eggs), from Fort Garland, Colo. ; Junco caniceps (nest and 4 eggs), from Han- 

 cock, Colo. ; Begulus satrapa (nest and 9 eggs), from Grand Menan, New Bruns- 

 wick; Helminthophaga chrysoptera (2 nests and eggs), from South Michigan, aud 

 anas fulvigula (set of 10 eggs), both new to the Museum. (Exchange.) 



Stephens, F., San Bernardino, Cal. : Harporhynchus lecontei (2 nests, 7 eggs), new to the 

 Museum; from California. (Purchased.) 



U. S. Fish Commission : Nests and eggs (60 specimens), including the rare Sauroihera 

 bahamensis (2 eggs), contributed by Mr. J. E. Benedict ; collected during the 

 cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross among the Bahama Islands 

 April, 1886. 



Wayne, A. T., Charleston, S. C: Helonia swainsoni (nest and 2 eggs); from near 

 Charleston, S. C. New to the collection. (Purchased.) 



The numbering, classifying, and arranging of 1,508 specimens, taking 

 the record and measurements of 12,000, has been accomplished, a series 

 of mostly duplicate eggs has been placed on exhibition, numbering 

 1,491 specimens, and a beginning has also been made in exhibiting a 

 series of the nests, 



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