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difficult Old World Plovers. Among the
American birds contained in the collection, 
a specimen of [[underlined]] Merula murina,[[/underlined]] from Roraima, British Guiana, recently described, and one of [[underlined]]Haematopus leucopodus[[/underlined]], from the Falkland Islands, both new to the Museum collection, deserve special mention. (Gift).

[[double underlined]]G. B. Sennett,[[/double underlined]] New York City. - 138 specimens, 34 species, from Southern  Texas. (Exchange).

[[double underlined]]O. C. Smith[[/double underlined]], Tombstone, Arizona. -  a male [[underlined]]Trogon ambiguus[[/underlined]], from Arizona. (Gift).

[[double underlined]]Stavanger Museum[[/double underlined]], Stavanger, Norway, 20 specimens, 18 species, from Norway. (Exchange).

[[double underlined]]Col. A. G. Tassin[[/double underlined]], U.S.A., Commander, Bedloe Island, New York. - 260 specimens, 40 species, in the flesh, killed by flying against the electric light of the statue