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Papers for publication, pages - 249
Report for September, "[[ditto for pages]] - 6
Proof corrected, galleys - 3 1/2
" "[[ditto for Proof corrected,]] papers - 3

[[underlined]]Papers prepared for publication.[[/underlined]]

Only one paper for publication left the curator's hands during October, the one in question being a popular treatise on the humming-birds, intended for publication in the annual report.  The article was not quite completed at the time it became necessary to turn it in, but as delivered to the Executive Clerk, consisted of 249 pages MS., 39 plates