DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 



197 



1,730, though after deducting the 559 specimens exchanged, the net in- 

 crease is only 1,171 specimens. 



A tabulated statement of the taxidermic work accomplished for this 

 department is here presented : 





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32 



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30 



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5 



132 



p 



O 



26 

 12 



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10 

 4 

 3 



6 



P 



14 



38 

 4 

 2 



n 

 a 



19 

 4 

 30 



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10 



Ph 



20 

 10 



a 



40 

 5 



p. 

 «l 



35 

 2 



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30 

 1 



a 



29 

 4 



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 O 



H 





25 

 5 



310 



Birds skinned and made into skins 



83 

 13 



Mounted birds made over into skins 



3 

 1G 



1 

 2G 

 10 

 32 



3 



10 

 22 



16 



19 



15 







11 



264 





10 



12 



54 









57 

 14 













89 





19 



122 



7 





2 



2 



8 



294 



17 



8 







185 









294 



























17 























The following is a list of the principal or more important accessions during the 



fiscal year 1889-'90 : 



From L. Beldiug, Stockton, California, 7 specimens, 4 species, from California, in- 

 cluding an example of the recently described Tardus sequoiensis, Beldiug. (Gift.) 



From R. W. Shufeldt, Tacoma Park, District of Columbia, I specimen of Junco 

 hyemalis shufeldti, from Fort Wingate, New Mexico. (Exchange.) 



From T. Mcllwraith, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 4 specimens, 4 species, from British 

 Columbia. (Exchange.) 



From B. M. Hay ward, Middlebury, Vermont, 12 specimens, 10 species, from Monterey, 

 Mexico. (Exchange for naming collection.) 



From Louis Moluar, Molua Szecsod, Hnugary, 86 specimens, 71 species, from Hun- 

 gary. (Exchange.) 



From Valdemar Knudsen, Kauai, Sandwich Islands, 48 specimens, 19 species, from 

 Kauai. (Gift.) 



From R. Ridgway, U. S. National Museum, 45 specimens, 37 species, chiefly from 

 Laurel, Maryland. (Gift.) 



From C. J. Maynard, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 5 specimens of Sula coryi, from 

 Little Cayman, West Indies. (Purchased.) 



From Dr. E. Rey, Leipsic, Germany, 4 specimens, 3 species, from Syria and Canary 

 Islands. (Purchased.) 



From Colonial Museum, Demerara, British Guiana (through J. J. Quelch, Curator), 

 4 skins and 6 alcoholic specimens of the young of the Hoatzin (Opisthocomus cris- 

 tatus). 



From Dr. E. Rey, Leipsic, Germany, 8 specimens, same number of species, from 

 Siberia, etc., all except two new to the collection. (Purchased.) 



From A. Boucard, Paris, France, 7 specimens, same number of species, Birds of Para- 

 dise, all new to the collection. (Purchased.) 



From L. Stejneger, Flagstaff, Arizona, 10 specimens, 9 species, from Arizona. (Col- 

 lected for the Museum.) 



From L. Stejneger, 19 specimens, 17 species, from Arizona; 17 specimens, 17 species, 

 from New Mexico. (Collected for the Museum.) 



From Valdemar Knudsen, Kekaha, Waiawa, Hawaiian Islands, 2 specimens of Bulwer's 

 Petrel (Bulweria bulweri), from the Sandwich Islands. (New to the Hawaiian 

 fauna.) (Gift.) 



From Dr. C. H. White, U. S. Navy, 9 specimens, G species, from Samoa. (Gift.) 



From R. M. McFarlane, Hudsons Bay Company, 102specimens from British Columbia. 

 A valuable collection, as extending the range of many species. (Gift.) 



