18 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE BIRDS. 



By Outram Bangs. 



During the year the Museum has received 583 bird skins. 



The gifts include from Dr. Thomas Barbour sixty-four New 

 Guinea birds, eleven from Cuba, and two from Florida; from 

 Mr. William Brewster twenty-five skins collected by Mr. A. T. 

 Wayne in South Carolina; from Mr. F. N. Kennard thirteen North 

 American birds; from Mr. A. B. Howell seven Calif ornian skins; 

 from Mr. Frank Cundall three Jamaican birds — especially 

 desirable species; from Mr. Richard H. Wace three skins from 

 the Falkland Islands; from Dr. John C. Phillips two South Ameri- 

 can ducks; and single specimens from Mr. W. W. Brown, Jr., 

 Gov. W. Cameron Forbes, and Miss Mary Scully. 



A series of 105 skins, collected during the Albatross expedition 

 of 1899-1900 in the Tropical Pacific, was received through the 

 U. S. National Museum. 



Mr. Thomas E. Penard, continues to spend what time he can 

 spare for work in the bird department. , 



By purchase we acquired one skin — a South American Burrow- 

 ing Owl. 



By exchange we have received, from the American Museum of 

 Natural History 301 Colombian birds, belonging to 166 species 

 and subspecies; from C. W. Chamberlain twenty-three European 

 skins; from Mr. A. C. Bent seventeen North American birds, and 

 from Dr. L. C. Sanford two from South America. 



Specimens have been sent in exchange to the Boston Society of 

 Natural History, the U. S. Biological Survey, and to Dr. L. C. 

 Sanford, Messrs. A. C. Bent, C. W. Chamberlain, and W. F. 

 Henninger. 



Considerable material has been loaned to the American Museum 

 of Natural History, Field Museum, and to Messrs. Thomas E. 

 Penard, Harry C. Oberholser, and Dr. Jonathan D wight. 



