28 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
Forty bird skins selected from duplicate series have been pre- 
sented to the U. S. National Museum, eleven to Col. John E. 
Thayer and one to Dr. P. P. Suschkin of Charkow. 
In exchange, twenty-nine bird skins have been sent to the 
American Museum and ten to the British Museum while four have 
been received from the American Museum, one hundred and fifty — 
representing one hundred and twenty-three species of African 
birds — from the Berlin Museum and eighteen from Mr. H. K. 
Coale. 
For purposes of study two hundred and ten skins vee been 
loaned to Messrs. Frank M. Chapman, J. T. Nichols, W. E. Clyde 
Todd, C. W. Richmond and H. C. Oberholser. 
Thanks to the untiring zeal and excellent judgment with ane 
Mr. Bangs has worked during the past six years, the entire collec- 
tion of bird skins has been put in the best possible condition in 
every respect. For this devoted and efficient service Mr. Bangs 
is entitled to the very highest praise. 
