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names of North American birds, according to the new code of nomenclature, this duty has been very carefully performed, and the copy for the new list put in the hands of the President of the Union.  At this date, the list is being printed.

(d). [[underlined]] Collection of birds from Cozumel. [[/underlined]] - The naturalists of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" having made an extensive collection of birds on the almost unknown island of Cozumel, off the coast of Yucatan, it became the duty of the curator, as a part of his official work, to determine the species, and describe those which proved new to science.  The latter were no less than nineteen in number, the greater part of which have already been published, while the remainder are described in a full report upon the collection now being printed as a part of Volume VIII. of the "Proceedings" of the National Museum.