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The collection of skins of birds and mammals seems to be 

 now entirely free from insect pests, and, generally speaking, in 

 excellent condition. The tin cases in which it is stored were 

 found to be slightly injured by rust, but prompt measures have 

 been taken to guard against any further danger from this source, 

 by having them painted and japanned. 



Since the publication of the last Report, the Assistant in this 

 department has published the following papers and notes in " The 

 Auk": — 



" Occurrence of the Yellow-billed Tropic Bird in Florida." 



" Breeding of the White-faced Glossy Ibis in Florida." 



" A Red-headed Black Vulture." 



"Two additional Massachusetts Specimens of the Prothonotary War- 

 bler." 



" The Golden Eagle in Eastern Massachusetts." 



" The Black Gyrfalcon {Falco rusticolus obsoletus) in Eastern Maine." 



a Three New Forms of North American Birds." 



"The Common Murre (Uria troille) and the Razor-billed Auk (Alca 

 torda) on the New England Coast." 



" Further Notes on v the Masked Bob-white (Colinus ridgwayi)" 



" Capture of a third Specimen of the Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachy- 

 urus) in Florida." 



" A third New England specimen of Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swain- 

 soni)" 



"Capture of a Fish Crow (Oorvus ossifragus), at Wareham, Massa- 

 chusetts." 



" The Redpolls of Massachusetts." 



" An overlooked Specimen of Bachman's Warbler." 



" Discovery of the Nest and Eggs of the Western Warbler (Dendroica 

 occidentalis) ." 



" Hummingbirds feeding their Young on Insects." 



" Scarcity of Adult Birds in Autumn." 



