MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 21 



REPORT ON THE BIRDS. 



By William Brewster. 



During the past year the following bird skins have been pur- 

 chased for the Museum : From Mr. Henry W. Henshaw, one 

 hundred and forty-seven skins collected by him at Hilo, Hawaiian 

 Islands ; from the Flood Brothers, of Maiden, Massachusetts, six- 

 teen skins, eight of which were taken in the Hawaiian Islands and 

 eight at Laysan Island ; from Alan Owston, one hundred and seven 

 skins obtained in the Liu Kiu Islands ; from the Frank Blake 

 Webster Company, ninety-seven skins of Chinese birds collected 

 by J. H. Ingram, and an unidentified heron taken at Laguna 

 Mindoro, Philippine Islands ; from S. Dannefaernd, a pair of the 

 " Wingless " Ducks {Nesonetta aucklandiea) from Auckland 

 Island. 



The Museum has acquired by gift : From Mr. Walter Faxon a 

 skin of the Willow Thrush (Hylocichla f. salicicola) taken at 

 Lanesborough, Massachusetts, September 27, 1900, by Mr. Faxon ; 

 from Mr. R. H. Howe, Jr., Mr. G. 0. Shattuck, and Mr. R. W. 

 Gray, eighteen skins of North American Water Birds ; from 

 Mr. J. W. Freeze, a skin of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo ; from Mrs. 

 E. B. Durhamdon, a nest of the Chimney Swift. 



One hundred and two skins of South American birds have been 

 added to the collection by an exchange with Messrs. E. A. and 

 Outram Bangs. 



Early in the winter the large and valuable collection of Jamai- 

 can birds, presented to the Museum several years ago by Mr. Scott, 

 was thoroughly examined. After all the specimens had been 

 identified, and the duplicate as well as the imperfect skins weeded 

 out, the collection was catalogued and relabelled by Miss Parker. 

 Mr. Bangs was kind enough to assist in this work, and I am also 

 indebted to him for supervising the remounting of some specimens 



