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Society purposes and nineteen specimens have been given to Col. 

 J. E. Thayer. 



For purposes of scientific study or comparison, 849 bird skins 

 have been loaned to Mr. Robert Ridgway, eleven to the U. S. 

 National Museum, seventy-six to Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd at the 

 Carnegie Museum, twenty-nine to Mr. F. M. Chapman, and one 

 to Dr. E. A. Mearns. 



