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2 [[preprinted]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] American Birds, etc."; and also, in reading proofs thereof, which have up to this time, covered 220 quarto pages of composition; considerable progress has also been made in gathering and classifying mat[[strikethrough]]ter[[strikethrough]] ^[[erial]] for the second volume The following important accessions were received during the year. From Mr. Frank B. Armstrong, Brownsville, Texas.^[[2 lines drawn connecting "Purchased" to the end of the last line and to the end of the end of list of purchases, intent ambiguous]] [[circled]]Purchased.[[/circled]] [[strikethrough]]1[[/strikethrough]] ^[[One]] Nest and [strikethrough]]2[[/strikethrough]] ^[[two]] eggs ^[[of]] [[underlined]]Amazillia cerviniventris.[[/underlined]] 2 nests and 6 eggs. Sporophila morellette. 3 eggs. Glaucidium phataenoides. 4 eggs. Engyphtila albifrons. 7 eggs. Megascops asio mecallie. Purchased. The first three species are new to the collection.
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