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or faunal exhibits including the [[underlined]] Corvidae [[/underlined]], and the orders [[underlined]] Picariae [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Psittaci [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Striges [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Columbae [[/underlined]], and [[underlined]] Pterocletes [[/underlined]] of ^[[the]] general systematic series and the following families of North American birds: Thrushes, Warblers, Dippers, Creepers, Titmice and Nuthatches, Wrens, Mocking-Thrushes, Wagtails and Pipits, Wood-Warblers, Vireos, Honey Creepers, Shrikes, Waxwings, Tanagers, and Finches.

Among special researches prosecuted upon material belonging to the department may be mentioned, first, the work of a committee of the American Ornithologists' Union, having charge of the matter of the revised official checklist and supplement thereto. This committee

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