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Edwards ; collections* of valuable mounted specimens from 

 Europe, received in exchange, from Dr. Kaup and the Jardin 

 des Plantes ; a large alcoholic collection of Panama birds from 

 C. F. Davis and Dr. J. H. Sternberg ; a very large and valua- 

 ble invoice of young birds and eggs in alcohol, from C. L. 

 Salmin, of Hamburg; a similar lot from Dr. Stimpson, made 

 on the islands off the east coast of Virginia ; also, large col- 

 lections of New England birds from Mr. H. Mann, of Concord, 

 and J. A. Allen, of Springfield, and, with the Gray Fund, 

 from Mr. J. G. Rich, of Upton, Me., a considerable collection 

 of skins and of skulls, and of preparations of wings, &c, 

 through the same means, from Springfield, Mass. 



Additions to the Ornithological Department, from November 20, 1863, to 



to November 20, 1864. 



DONATIONS. 



Agassiz, A., Assistant in M. C. Z. 1 Sparrow, from Nahant, Mass. 



Allen, J. A., Student in M. C. Z. 172 specimens, 51 species, with 

 measurements of most of them when fresh; 12 heads of domestic Tur- 

 key, 1 do. of domestic Duck, 6 do. of common Fowl, and 10 eggs of 

 common Fowl, all in alcohol; 14 nests, 12 species ; 70 eggs, 17 species, 

 dry, all from Springfield, Mass. ; nest of Chimney Swift, and a double 

 nest of Dendroica cestiva, containing an egg of the Cow Bunting, from 

 Lodus, Wayne county, N. Y. 



Bates, C. H., Worthington, Mass. 1 living Snowy Owl, (Nyctea 

 nivea,) from Worthington. 



Boardman, Geo. A., Milltown, Me. 18 specimens, 15 species ; 60 

 eggs and young birds, 12 species, in alcohol, from Milltown. 



Bourget, D., Rio de Janeiro. 10 specimens, 6 species, in alcohol, 

 from Brazil. 



Brimmer, Martin. 17 specimens, 16 species, skins, from Chili, col- 

 lected by Capt. Gillis, U. S. N. 



Bannerman, Sir Alexander. Mummy of Alca impennis, from 

 Funk Island. 



Davis, C. F., and J. H. Sternberg, Panama. 45 specimens, 38 

 species ; 6 eggs, 1 species, in alcohol, from Panama. 



Davis, G. N., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 6 specimens, 6 species, in 

 alcohol, from Rio de Janeiro. 



Edwards, Henrt, Melbourne, Australia. 15 specimens, 11 species, 

 skins, from Australia. 



