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extremely slow, and beset by many difficulties. At least five times the space now occupied by the collection would be necessary for its proper arrangement [[underlined]] without consideration of future accessions [[/underlined]] ; and, as specimens are constantly being added the trouble is constantly increasing.

It has long been our desire to make an extensive distribution of duplicate specimens, both to relieve the congestion of our storage facilities and to advance the study of Ornithology in the various institutions of learning throughout the country; but the consummation of this desire has been delayed by the retardation of the work of rearrangement, since the two, being