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entire month in putting label-clasps on exhibition specimens and other work on that portion of the collection.

Mr. N.S. Wood mounted 48 specimens during June.

[[underlined]] Special work done. [[/underlined]]

In addition to continued efforts to improve the appearance and usefulness of the exhibition collection, much work was performed, as occasion permitted, in the way of identifying a large collection of birds lent for that purpose by the Costa Rica National Museum, and on the Genera [[underlined]] Sclerurus [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] Xiphocolaptes [[/underlined]], and papers embodying the results of these investigations were submitted to the editor of the "Proceedings" of the U.S. National Museum for publication.