This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[preprinted]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] ^[[Curators Reports: Birds, April 89]] May 22, 1889. Mr. G. Brown Goode Assistant Secretary in charge National Museum. Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report on work done during the month of April, 1889, in the Department of Birds of the National Museum. [[underlined]]Accessions[[/underlined]] The number of entries in the bird catalogue made during April is 42 (Museum register nos. 116309-116350, inclusive), the principal accessions being as follows:- [[underlined]]Museum of Oberlin College[[/underlined]], Oberlin Ohio (through L. M. McCormick), 16 specimens, same number of species, chiefly from Africa, and nearly all new to the collection. (Exchange.)