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[[underlined]]Euctheia canora[[/underlined]] collected by Mr. M. F. Spencer at Sombrero Key, Florida, the first specimen of this species obtained in North America. (Gift).

[[double underlined]]A. Hehrkorn,[[/double underlined]] Riddagshausen, Braunschweig, Germany, 67 specimens, 54 species, chiefly from Africa and the Malayan Archipelago.  Nearly all the species were unrepresented in the museum and many are of great variety and beautiful plumage, containing among others no less than 224 gayly colored Pigeons of which seven species of the genus [[underlined]]Ptilinopus[[/underlined]].

[[double underlined]]Dr. Adolf Müller[[/double underlined]], Berlin, Germany, 24 specimens, 21 species, rare and interesting birds from Africa and the East Indies, for the exhibition series.  The Ground Hornbill ([[underlined]]Bucorvus caffer[[/underlined]]), and [[underlined]]Husophaga rossae[[/underlined]] deserve special mention. All new to the collection.

[[double underlined]]E. W. Nelson[[/double underlined]], Springerville, Arizona, 102 specimens, 38 species, from Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, a very valuable collection filling many important gaps in the Museum collection, and completing the series of several of the rarer Western species. (Purchased).

[[double underlined]]William Palmer,[[/double underlined]] Washington, D.C., a specimen of