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Mounted birds made into skins ................ 955
Mounted birds transferred to new stands ..... 1733
New stands put together ..................... 1107
Skins poisoned ................................ 20
Large mounted birds repaired ................... 5

[[double underline]]Review of Special Researches prosecuted upon Material belonging to the Department.[[/double underline]]

Owing to the vast amounts of labor required by matters mentioned under the first and third sections of this report, very little time has been available for special research, a very considerable part of what was accomplished by the curator being necessarily done out of office hours. It is much to be regretted that no more time can be given to work of this kind, of the greatest value to ornithological science as well as to the collection -- whose value is increased as its component parts or sections become the basis of original monographic work; and no collection of American birds contains a greater quantity of material for such original research, urgently required for the advancement of the

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The period leaders are adjusted so that the amounts listed are right justified.