18 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE BIRDS. 



By Outram Bangs. 



During the year, 2,666 specimens were received. 



The most important addition, 1,250 skins collected in Argentina^ 

 by Mr. J. L. Peters, is due to the generosity of Dr, J. C. Phillips. 

 The other larger collections are : — one of 483 skins, from Sas- 

 katchewan and Alberta, including fine series of breeding ducks and 

 downy young, made by Mr. F. Harper and others, also the gift of 

 Dr. Phillips; 354 skins made by Mr. C. P. Curtis in East Africa, 

 and containing many species and two genera not previously repre- 

 sented in our collection; one of 64 skins from Surinam, presented 

 by Mr. T. E. Penard and Mr. Outram Bangs; one of 37 skins of 

 Sarawak birds, presented by Mr. J. C. Moulton, on account of the 

 Raffles Museum; one of 25 skins from Mt. Baldy, Utah, including 

 a series of breeding specimens of Leucosticte atrata Ridgway, 

 presented by Prof. Theodore Lyman; and by purchase from Rev. 

 George Schwab, a fine lot of 139 skins from Cameroun. 



Small lots and single specimens have been presented by Messrs. 

 Outram Bangs, Thomas Barbour, Samuel Henshaw, R. H. Howe, 

 Jr., George Nelson, T. E. Penard, J. C. Phillips, Roland Thaxter, 

 J. E. Thayer, and H. B. Washburn. 



By exchange, 245 skins have been acquired. 



During the year, 24 genera, not before represented in the collec- 

 tion, have been added. s1 



A large number of specimens have been loaned to institutions 

 and individuals. 



Messrs. T. E. Penard and F. H. Kennard have assisted in the 

 work of the Department. 



