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[[underlined]] Special work accomplished. [[/underlined]] The following orders and families, stored in the West basement, were overhauled, the duplicates separated and put in temporary storage, and the reserve specimens systematically rearranged :— [[underlined]] Psittaci, Opisthocomi, Gallinae, Buteonidae, Ramphastidae, [[/underlined]] and part of the larger [[underlined]] Corvidae. [[/underlined]] The mounted collection of Birds of Paradise returned from the World's Columbian Exposition, and that of the Humming Birds, were re-installed in their respective special cases in the exhibition hall. Very respectfully yours, [[signature]] R Ridgway [[/signature]] Curator, Department of Birds.