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[[stamp]] DIVISION OF... CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS AUG 3 - 1892 [[/stamp]]

REPORT ON THE SECTION OF BIRD'S EGGS IN THE
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892
BY CHARLES E. BENDIRE, U. S. A. (RETIRED) HONORARY CURATOR.

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I am pleased to be able to state that the Collection is now in excellent shape, easy of access and reasonable safe from insects and vermin. During the past year thirty (3) new quarter Unit zinc-lined and insect proof cases have been furnished for its accomodation 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.