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Bernicla sandvicensis, Psittacirostra psittacea, Acrylocercus no- 

 bilis, Acrylocercus braccatus, Chrysomitridops cceruleirostris, Ves- 

 tiaria coccinea, Loxioides bailleni, Hemignathus olivaceus, Hemi- 

 gnathus procerus, Phceornis obscura, Himatione virens, Himatione 

 sanguinea, Oreomyza bairdi, Chasiempis ridgwayi, Chasiempis 

 dolei. Two Rails, probably Corethrura obscura (Gmel.), sent to 

 Mr. Agassiz by Mr. William T. Brigham, at the request of Hon. 

 S. B. Dole, by whom they were obtained from Layson Island, 

 will also be mounted for this collection, which now represents 

 most of the species resident in and peculiar to the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



The only further acquisitions in this department are two speci- 

 mens, male and female, of the " Oiopendula " ( Gymnostinops 

 montezuma), with several of its curious nests, from Copan, Hon- 

 duras, presented by the Peabody Museum Honduras Expedition, 

 and a Brazilian Parrot (of the genus Chrysotis), received from 

 Mrs. Josiah W. Cook, of West Somerville, Mass. 



