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5 Requisitions ("outside") written - 5 Orders for work "[[ditto for written]] - 5 Monthly report for October "[[ditto for written]] - pages 7 Invoices "[[ditto for written]] - 1 Proof read (by Assistant Curator) - page 1 [[underlined]]Special Work accomplished[[/underlined]]. The month was chiefly occupied in moving back into the bird gallery and putting the office of the bird department in order, and to important work connected with the American Ornithologists' Union, which held its fifth annual meeting (Nov. 13-15) in the lecture hall of the National Museum while the committees (which were at work for nearly three weeks) met in the office of the department of birds, the collections of which formed the basis [[strikethrough]]for the discussion.[[/strikethrough]] ^[[of their work.]] As opportunity ^[[and facilities]] afforded, however, work upon