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H. K. Coale, Mr. C. W. Chamberlain, and the Dublin National 

 Museum. In return for some of them, thirty birds have been sent 

 to Mr. Coale, four to Mr. Chamberlain, one to the U. S. National 

 Museum, one to Mr. G. G. Cantwell. A Great Gray Owl, taken 

 in northern Maine (Bangs Collection), has been given to the 

 Boston Society of Natural History. 



For scientific study 162 skins have been loaned to Dr. W. E. 

 Clyde Todd, forty-seven to Mr. C. B. Cory, twenty-six to Mr. H. 

 C. Oberholser, five to Mr. Schuyler Matthews, two to Dr. E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Mr. Bangs continues to devote himself to the care and develop- 

 ment of the bird collection, thereby rendering the Museum dis- 

 interested and highly valued service. 



