1869.] 



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[Annual Report. 



collection of European eggs which the Curator purposes to 

 present as soon as he can select them. Other important ac- 

 cessions have been received. Over fifteen hundred duplicates 

 of eggs of about fifty species, most valuable for exchange, 

 were given by Mrs. Bryant, and about two hundred and fifty 

 nests and eggs selected by the Curator, were presented by 

 the Smithsonian Institution. About thirty specimens from 

 Europe have been received in exchange, and a small number 

 of nests and eggs purchased. 



The following list of the nests and eggs of birds in our 

 collection has been prepared by the Curator, with the assist- 

 ance of Mr. Sanborn ; any not specified would be acceptable 

 additions to this department ; they are all the gift of the late 

 Dr. Henry Bryant, excepting those prefixed by an asterisk ; 

 n. following the name of the bird signifies that the nest alone 

 is in the collection ; n. e. signifies nest and eggs ; in all other 

 cases the eggs only are meant. 



BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO. 



Cathartes aura IUig. 

 Cathartes atratus Lesson. 

 Falco anatum Bonaparte. 

 Hypotriorchis columbarius Gr. 

 Falco candicans Gmelin. 

 Falco islandicus Sabine. 

 Tinnunculus sparverius Vieill. 

 Astnr atricapillus Bonap. 

 Accipiter Cooperii Bonap. 

 Accipiter fuscus Bonap. 

 Buteo calurus Cassin. 

 Buteo borealis Vieill. 

 Buteo montanus Nuttall. 

 Buteo lineatus Jardine. 

 Archibuteo lagopus Gray. 

 Archibuteo ferrugineus Gray. 

 Elanus leucurus Bonap. 

 Ictinia mississippiensis Gray. 

 Circus hudsonius Vieillot. 

 Aquila canadensis Cassin. 

 Haliaetus leucocephalus Savigny. 



PROCEEDINGS B. S. N. H. — VOL. XIII. 



Pandion carolinensis Bon. 

 Polyborus tharus Cassin. 

 Craxirex unicinctus Cassin. 

 Bubo virginianus Bonap. 

 Scops asio Bonap. 

 Otus Wilsonianus Lesson. 

 Brachyotus Cassinii Brewer. 

 Syrnium nebulosum Gray. 

 Crotophaga ani Linn. 

 Geococcyx californianus Baird. 

 Coccygus araericanus Bonap. n. e. 

 Coccygus erythropkthalmus Bonap. 

 Picus villosus Linn. 

 Picus pubescens Linn. 

 Picoides arcticus Gray. 

 Sphyropicus varius Baird. 

 Centurus carolinus Bonap. 

 Centurus flaviventris Sw. 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus Sw. 

 Melanerpes formicivorus Bonap. 

 Melanerpes torquatus Bonap. 



2 august, 1869. 



