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REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF OOLOGY [[strikethru]]IN THE[[/strikethru]] 
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^[[In the]] U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892.

BY [[double underline]]CHARLES BENDIRE, U. S. A.[[/double underline]] ([[strikethru]]RETIRED)[[/strikethru]] ^[[retired']] [[underline]]HONORARY[[/underline]]
[[underline]]CURATOR[[/underline]].

I am pleased to be able to state that the Collection is now in excellent shape, easy of access and reasonably safe from insects and vermin. During the past year thirty [[strikethru]](30)[[/strikethru]]  new quarter [[strikethru]]U[[/strikethru]]^[[u]]nit zinc-lined and insect-proof cases have been furnished for its accommodation ^[[,]] and the entire collection has been carefully overhauled, rearranged and relabeled. The majority of the specimens now on hand in the reserve collection are in an excellent state of preservation and as at present cared for will remain so.

The exhibit of nests and eggs in the main hall of the Smithsonian Institution could now be materially increased, if more room was available for this purpose.