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tailed buzzard {Bideo horealu calnrus) were received from 
the Quijotoa mountains, in southern Arizona. 
8. Four pairs of the beautiful crested pigeon (Ocyphaps 
lophotes), from Australia. 
9. A snake was received in July, by exchange, much re- 
sembling some of our common water snakes, and was sub- 
sequently identified as the tigrine snake {Tropidonotus 
tig vino) of Japan. 
10. Another of the hawks from the western United States, 
Swainson's buzzard (Buteo swainsoni), was captured in Santa 
Clara county, California, and presented to the Society. 
11. A large variety of squirrels are found throughout 
Central and South America. One of the most attractive of 
these is the red-bellied squirrel (Sciiims aureogaster), a speci- 
men of w^hich was procured in August. 
12. From the same region came a cactus conure {Conurus 
. cactorum). 
13. Among the most welcome addition to the collection 
of parrots, was a specimen from the Moluccas, the blue- 
streaked lory {Eos reticulata,) 
14. A pair of green-winged doves {Chalcophaps indica), re- 
ceived by purchase, were also new to the collection. 
15. The series of toucans was enriched by one of the 
most beautiful of the group, the green-billed toucan {Ram- 
phastos dicolorus). 
16. The rose-colored pastor (Pastor i^oseus), a bird from 
Southern Asia, having close affinities to the starling, was 
procured at the same time. 
17. Two yellow-headed conures [Conurus jendaya) from 
South America. 
18. The sun bittern (Eurypyga helias), a strange bird 
which seems intermediate in structure between the cranes 
and the herons, was also for the first time exhibited. 
19. The Viscacha (Lagostomus trichodactylns), a burrowing 
rodent which abounds in the plains of Buenos Ayres, and 
which has the strange habit of collecting about the mouth 
of its burrow, any articles, particularly those of a shining 
appearance, which may be found in the vicinity, was a 
welcome addition to the collection of small mammals. 
