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[[preprinted]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [[line]] MEMORANDUM. [[/preprinted]] To Mr Good: Owing to Mr Sessford's illness [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] and absence (for more then two weeks past), I could not get these reports to you sooner, though they were ready for copying on the 3rd inst. Respectfully yours R. Ridgway Curator, Birds Jan. 15 1890.