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^[[6.10.22.]] ^[[Answered]] ^[[Dep Birds file]] [[preprinted]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] June 8, 1896 Mr. G. Brown Goode Assistant Secretary in charge National Museum. Sir: Mr. Richmond has appealed to me in regard to the matter of reports upon material submitted or received for examination, to which you have recently called his attention; and as the matter seems to be a complicated one, [[strikethrough]]with features which possibly[[/strikethrough]] I beg the privilege of stating our side of the case; not in a spirit of recalcitration, but to explain some features you may not, perhaps, have understood, and also in the hope that such