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Bird skins in small series or singly have been contributed by 

 Messrs. Outram Bangs, William Brewster, W. S. Brooks, Walter 

 Faxon, A. B. Fuller, Charles W. Johnson, J. C. Lee, W. M. Mann, 

 G. K. Noble, J. L. Peters, J. C. Phillips, C. T. Ramsden, Carlos 

 de la Torre, C. W. Townsend, and the Peabody Academy of 

 Science. 



Eleven "record" birds — a Booby Gannet, a Black-necked 

 Stilt, a Black Vulture, a Gyrfalcon, a Western Horned Owl, a 

 Burrowing Owl, a Chuck-will's-widow, a Fish Crow, a Lark Bunt- 

 ing, a Bohemian Waxwing, and a Caerulean Warbler — of especial 

 interest because taken in New England and of more or less rare 

 occurrence there, have been given to the Boston Society of Natural 

 History. 



By exchange we have received from the American Museum of 

 Natural History, 38 Central and South American birds; from 

 Mr. E. A. Armstrong, 39 Japanese birds and 17 more from Japan 

 and Formosa. Forty-seven skins have been sent in exchange 

 to Mr. Armstrong and 26 have been given to Col. J. E. Thayer. 



For purposes of scientific investigation 216 birds have been 

 loaned to Mr. Robert Ridgway, 53 to Dr. C. W. Richmond, 9 to 

 the U. S. National Museum, 2 to Mr. F. M. Chapman, 32 to Mr. 

 Ralph Hoffmann, 29 to Mr. Joseph Grinnell, 4 to the Brooklyn 

 Institute, 1 to Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd. 



