DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 

 (b) Lent for examination. 



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tihufeldt, Dr. B. W., U. 8. A., Fort Wingate, JSF. Mex. : 2 alcoholic birds 

 {Alcidai). 



Lawrence, George N., New York City: 3 specimens of Ceryle torquata. 



Brewster, William, Cambridge, Mass. : 3 specimens of Colinus graysoni, 

 and 2 of C. eoyolcos. 



Sclater, Dr. P. L., London, England: 1 skin of an undetermined ant 

 thrush (Thamnophilus) from Bahia. 



Cory, Charles B., Boston, Mass.: 44 specimens, 31 species, chiefly from 

 the West Indies. 



Cory, Charles B.: 1 specimen of Guilding's parrot (Chrysotis guildingi) 

 from Saint Vincent, West Indies. 



Goss, JV". S., Topelca, Kans. : 4 specimens, same number of species. 



(Note. — Without a single exception, all the specimens loaned for examination, as 

 above, were duly returned in good order to the Museum.") 



(c) Gift. 



Cones, Dr. E., Smithsonian Institution : 1 set of eggs of mourning dove 

 (Zenaidura macroura). 



PACKAGES SENT OUT. 



The total number of packages sent out from the office of the curator 

 of the Department of Birds during the six months ending June 30, 1885, 

 was 69, as follows: 







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 14 



8 

 10 



3 



5 



7 



25 

 13 

 9 

 10 

 4 

 9 





 



49 

 3 



21 



8 



13 



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20 

 3 



10 

 2 



19 

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6 

 28 





 15 

 11 

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 9 

 





 



1 



5 

 5 

 

 1 

 2 



142 



304 



141 



Official memoranda written 



53 





70 



Orders for work written ..., 



31 



Requisitions written 



56 



Papers prepared for publication 



18 



Proof corrected: 



Gall eys 



154 



Pages 



339 







