26 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE BIRDS. 



By William Brewster. 



Upwards of 2300 bird skins, representing more than fifty species 

 new to the Museum, have been added to its collection within 

 the year. Very many of these have been contributed by generous 

 and long-devoted friends. Col. J. E. Thayer and Prof. Theodore 

 Lyman have given 750, of which 532 were collected by Messrs. 

 W. S. Brooks and Joseph Dixon in Alaska between April, 1913 

 and September, 1914; 130 at Sachalin Island, in the summer of 

 1914; forty in northeastern Siberia. To Dr. Thomas Barbour 

 we are indebted for 384 especially desirable birds, many of which 

 were obtained by him personally in Cuba, with the assistance of 

 Mr. W. S. Brooks, during the spring of the present year. Another 

 collection (see Report M. C. Z., 1913-1914, p. 4-5) of exceptional 

 interest, aggregating 460 skins, was made for the Museum by 

 Dr. J. C. Phillips, assisted by Mr. W. M. Mann, in Syria, Arabia, 

 Sinai, Palestine, and Suez, in the spring of 1914. During the 

 summer of 1914 Mr. G. K. Noble, collecting in the Lesser Antilles, 

 through the assistance of several friends of the Museum, obtained 

 367 birds, and Mr. J. L. Peters, stationed at Nipe Bay, Cuba, 

 secured 209 specimens, which he has generously given to the 

 Museum. 



Acknowledgement should also be made in this connection for 

 acceptable gifts of specimens received from Messrs. Outram Bangs, 

 W. F. Clapp, G. W. Field, W. Cameron Forbes, S. J. Mixter, 

 George Nelson, G. K. Noble, A. C. Redfield, G. C. Shattuck, 

 W. M. Tyler, and W. E. Wall. 



From the exchange with Clark University (Report M. C. Z., 

 1913-1914, p. 4), the Museum received the George Baur collection 

 of Galapagos birds. This series numbers 117 specimens, repre- 

 senting fifty-four species, eleven of which were not before possessed 

 by the Museum. A few birds have also been obtained by exchange 

 with the British Museum. 



Ninety-one skins of North American birds have been sent to 

 Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright to be used by her for Audubon 



