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From C. F. Adams, Champaign, Illinois. — A mounted group of Bornean Rhinoceros Hornbills ([[underlined]]Buceros rhinoceroides[[/underlined]]), with appropriate accessories, illustrating a peculiar habit of the birds of that family, the female being imprisoned on her nest during incubation, by her mate. (Purchased.)

[[underlined]] Specimens distributed. [[/underlined]]

The number of specimens distributed during June is 147, as follows:—

To J. A. Allen, American Museum of Natural History, New York City. — 140 specimens of the Genera [[underlined]] Elainea [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Thryothorus [[/underlined]], and [[underlined]] Sclerurus [[/underlined]], lent for identification.

To Frank M. Chapman, American Museum of Natural History, New York City. — 7 specimens of the Genus [[underlined]] Xiphorhynchus [[/underlined]], lent for identification.