36 ANM'AL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT OX THE BIRDS. 



By William Brewster. 



The most important collection of birds received is that which 

 Dr. John C. Phillips has given to the Museum. It contains 

 upwards of two thousand skins. Most of these were obtained 

 in eastern Mexico by the well-known professional collector F. B. 

 Armstrong who traversed Tamaulipas from the Texas border 

 almost to Vera Cruz. To Mr. John E. Thayer we are indebted 

 for some six or seven hundred birds from various localities, in- 

 cluding certain of the islands off the coast of California. Other 

 acceptable gifts have been received from Messrs. G. M. Allen, 

 Thomas Barbour, Gorham Brooks, Childs Frick, R. H. Howe, Jr., 

 F. W. Putnam, H. H. Smith, and W. L. Smith. A few specimens 

 have been sent in exchange to the National Museum and a con- 

 siderable number have been loaned for study. 



Publications. August 1, 1909- July 31, 1910. 



In Memoriam: James dishing Merrill. Auk, April, 1910, vol. 27, 



p. 113-119. 

 Resurrection of the Red-legged Black Duck. Auk, July, 1910, vol. 



27, p. 323-333. 



