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[[underlined]] platyrhynchus [[/underlined]]. 15. [[underlined]] Cardinalis saturatus [[/underlined]].]

(8) On [[underlined]] Cathartes burrovianus [[/underlined]], Cass., and [[underlined]] C. urubitinga [[/underlined]], Pelzeln. Pp. 4, MS.; Feb. 27. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.

(9) On [[underlined]] Onychotes gruberi [[/underlined]], Ridgway. Pp. 6, MS.; Feb. 27, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.

[[underlined]] Special work accomplished. [[/underlined]]

Aside from the usual routine work, much labor has been spent in the elaboration of a special report upon the Cozumel collection of birds, which, however, on account of very numerous interruptions is yet unfinished.

[[underlined]] Recommendations. [[/underlined]]

A very urgent need of the Department of Birds is a messenger. The present force of the Department is employed in far too important