MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



5. Manuscript journals, note books, etc. 6. S60,000. — to es- 

 tablish a fund for the ornithological department. (The income 

 available on the termination of certain life interests). 



The series of bird skins and mounted birds, approximately 

 40,000 in number is almost wholly American; it represents Mr. 

 Brewster's personal collecting, chiefly in New England, in the 

 middle west, the Southern States, and in Trinidad, supplemented 

 by material acquired by exchange and purchase. Though the 

 greater part of the collection is from a somewhat limited number 

 of localities, there are few of the states from Maine to Washington 

 that are not more or less adequately represented, while the large 

 series of many of the species will allow many advantageous ex- 

 changes. The whole collection is thoroughly catalogued and its 

 excellent condition is well known to ornithologists. 



The Brewster collection of nests and eggs is also very large and 

 fills a want most generally felt, as the oological side of ornithology 

 has been inadequately developed. The T. M. Brewer collection 

 received in 1875, though of considerable historical value, is made 

 up very largely of single, end-blown eggs; the Brewster collection, 

 on the other hand, consists of entire clutches conserved with much 

 nicety. 



The additions to the Library, while principally relating to birds, 

 include many volumes dealing with other lines of zoological work, 

 travels and voyages, and complete files of Forest and Stream, 

 Rod and Gun, and a number of similar serials. Among the orni- 

 thological items are most of the earlier short-lived serials, not 

 easily obtained today, many authors' separates, chiefly systematic 

 and faunal, and a very considerable number of the numerous 

 popular books of recent years. The Brewster accessions, recorded 

 to 1 August, number 1,701 titles. 



Mr. Brewster's journals and note-books record with unusual 

 felicity his field observations for a term of forty-nine years. The 

 Museum hopes to publish his Concord Notes and those relating 

 to the Birds of Lake Umbagog. About one half of the latter was 

 practically ready for the printer at the time of Mr. Brewster's 

 death, and it is to be regretted that the funds of the Museum and 

 the copy prepared by members of the Museum staff awaiting 

 publication, preclude a prompt issuance of the same. 



