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From [[underlined]] Rollo H. Beck, [[/underlined]] Berryessa, Col. - One speciman of a new ^[[ subspecies]] [[strikethrough]] species [[/strikethrough]] of Finch ([[underlined]] Ammodramus ^[[caudacutus]] becki), from California. (Gift.)

From [[underlined]] J. E. Benedict, [[/underlined]] National Museum. -140 specimens (50 species), from South Carolina. -A very valuable collection, adding one United States species to the museum collections, and very acceptably filling out the series of some of the rarer species, besides materially extending the range of this species. (Gift.)

[[underlined]] Dr. L.G. Billings, U.S.N. [[/underlined]] - 19 specimens, 14 species, from Africa.

From [[underlined]] William Brewster,[[underlined]] Cambridge, Mass. - Three specimens of the recently described Contopus richardsonii peninsulae, from Lower California. (Gift.)