This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[preprinted]] THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM [[short line]] MEMORANDUM. [[/preprinted]] Note: A vast quantity of work has been attended to which does not fall under the head of work "upon the material under your care": e.g. the work upon the Sclater bibliography, (reading proof & verifying references); the work of preparing the data upon type material in the bird dept. for the Half Century book; the identification of the many specimens and small collections sent to the Smithsonian for determination; the preparation of a card catalog of the sectional library, etc. and the regular routine work of the department.
Transcription Notes:
delete THE before Smithsonian Institution