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I. [[underline]] General Review of the year's work [[/underline]]

Owing to circumstances beyond control of the Curator, the general character of work done during the year has not differed from that of preceding years.

During the fourth annual meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, held November 16 to 18, inclusive, in the lecture hall of the National Museum, the gallery of the Department of Birds was thrown open to the assembled members of the Union, who daily made profitable use of the library and collections, in connection with the object of the meeting and their researches as ornithologists.

In October, 1886, the [[underline]] Costa Rican Government [[/underline]] sent to Washington [[underline]] Mr Anastasio Alfaro [[/underline]] as their accredited representative