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for convenient reference. The other collections in this depart- 

 ment are in excellent order, and wholly free from insect pests. 



The Assistant has published the following notes and papers in 

 "The Auk": — 



" The Present Status of the Wild Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) as a 

 Bird of the United States, with some Notes on its Habits." 



" Birds through an Opera Glass." (Review of a book by Miss Florence 

 A. Merriam.) 



(t Nesting Habits of the Parrakeet ( Conurus carolinensis) ." 



" Melanerpes carolinus eating Oranges." 



" The Little Brown Crane ( Grus canadensis) in Rhode Island." 



" Capture of a Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) near Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts." 



" Bullock's Oriole in Maine." 



" Recent Occurrence of the Turkey Vulture in Eastern Massachusetts." 



" Capture of a Third Specimen of the Barn Owl in Massachusetts." 



" Food of Young Humming-birds." 



"The Purple Grackle at Charleston, South Carolina." 



" The Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow and Scott's Seaside Sparrow on 

 the Coast of South Carolina." 



In " Forest and Stream " : — 



Two notes without formal titles relating to the occurrence of the Even- 

 ing Grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vespertina) in New England. 



