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[[checkmark]] ^[[GG]] ^[[upper K. 8. Ridgway May]] [[stamp]] S45059 [[/stamp]] [[stamp]] Approved G Brown Goode [[/stamp]] [[preprinted]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] June 3, 1885. Professor Spencer F. Baird Secretary Smithsonian Institution and Director U. S. National Museum. Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report on work done during the month of May, 1885, in the Department of Birds. [[wavy-underline]]Accessions.[[/wavy-underline]] The number of specimens of birds mounted, skins, and alcoholic, added to the collection during May is 728 (museum register Nos. 103967-104694), the principal accessions being the following:-