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result of clearing up several doubtful points. He has also reported upon two collections of birds from the Hawaiian Islands received during the year.

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Present state ^[[and Census]] of the Collection.
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[[strikethrough]] and number of Specimens [[/strikethrough]]

The present condition of the collection so far as the preservation of the specimens is concerned could not possibly be better. As to convenience of arrangement much improvement is to be desired, but this will be possible only when at least twice the amount of room is provided for its accomodation.

It has not been possible to make an actual count of the specimens in the bird collection, but their number is very nearly as given in the following