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Present State of the Collection. Number of specimens in North American series 37,338 " " " " " "[[ditto for Number of specimens in North American]] duplicates 11,759 On exhibition 1,491 [[line]] ^[[Total]] 50,588 [[line]] Number of species and subspecies in the N.A.series 781 [[line]] Number of specimens in Foreign series 4,419 " " " " "[[ditto for Number of specimens in Foreign]] duplicates]] 231 [[line]] [[Total]] 4,650 [[line]] Number of species in foreign series 624 [[line]] Number of nests in N. A. Reserve series 2,656 On exhibition 235 [[line]] Total 2,891 [[line]] Last catalogue entry in June, 1892 25,170 " " " " "[[ditto for Last catalogue entry in June,]] 1893 25,935 Very respectfully [[signed]] Charles Bendire [[/signed]] Honorary Curator, Dept of Oology