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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON
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From Mr. Wm. Palmer, St. Paul and Walrus Islands, Alaska. An interesting collection. 10 nests and 112 eggs, embracing 11 species. Gift.

From Mr. W. E. Traill, of the Hudson Bay Company. 15 eggs Dendragaphus franklini, rare; 4 eggs Totanus melanoleucus, rare: 9 eggs Bonasa umbellus togata. Purchased.

during the year, condition after collection 83 nests have been received, of which some of the rare species have been  mentioned.

Number of specimens in the North American series. 31,992.
do. do. do. duplicate series. 11,548.
do. do. do. on exhibition. 1,491
[[underlined]] Total. 45,031 [[/underlined]]