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[[in blue]] ^[[8]] [[/in blue]] [[double underlined]] Fisher, Wm. J. [[/double underlined]], U. S. Tidal Observer, Kodiak, Alaska. - 23 specimens, 17 species, from Kodiak. (Gift.) [[double underlined]] Forrer, A. [[/double underlined]], Switzerland. - 2 skins (♂ & ♀) of [[underlined]] Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha [[/underlined]], from Durango, Mexico. (Purchased.) [[double underlined]] Fox, W. H. [[/double underlined]], Washington, D.C. - 46 specimens, 35 species, chiefly from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, - the only specimens, with possibly one or two exceptions, which the Museum has ever received from that State. (Exchange.) [[line: ditto for Fox, W. H.]]. - 75 specimens, 44 species, from Tennessee; including [[underlined]] Picus borealis [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] Quiscalus purpureus, [[/underlined]] the first specimens of these species obtained west of the Alleghanies; also, two examples of [[underlined]] Peucaea aestivalis illinoensis. [[/underlined]] (Exchange.) [[double underlined]] Gaumer, G.F. [[/double underlined]], Yucatan. - 23 specimens, 12 species from Yucatan. (Purchased.) [[double underlined]] Grebnitzki, Governor [[/double underlined]], Bering Island, Kamtschatka. - 22 specimens, 12 species, from Bering Island. (Gift.) [[double underlined]] Grinnell, Geo. Bird [[/double underlined]], New York City - 2 specimens of [[underlined]] Ortyx graysoni, [[/underlined]] from Tucson, Arizona (!) (Gift.) [[double underlined]] Harting, J. E. [[/double underlined]], British Museum, London, England. - 14 specimens, 11 species, chiefly wading birds, several of them new to the collection. (Exchange.) [[double underlined]] Healy, Capt, M. A. [[/double underlined]], U. S. Revenue Cutter "Corwin". - 46
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