USNM Curators Annual Reports - Department of Birds - Eggs: Annual Report 1886 - 1887

Major Charles Bendire, whose own collection of 8,000 eggs formed the basis of the United States National Museum's Oological Collection, reports on an valuable new set of rare species specimens found in the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona as well as other notable acquisitions in 1887. Help us transcribe this honorary curator's account of the year's activity.