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6 [[preprinted]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. WASHINGTON, D. C., [[blank date line]] 18[[blank space]] [[/preprinted]] attention of collectors and others, when opportunity offers, be called to the importance of forwarding this class of material and skeletons of both [[underline]] young [[/underline]] and old be collected. The writer trusts that in due time the department of avian osteology of the Institution will at least illustrate our native avi-fauna, as well as, the more important foreign forms, and to this end it is his intention to apply himself - feeling confident of the continuance of the able support he has thus far received. I Am Sir Very Respectfully Yr.Obdtservant [[signed]] R.W. Shufeldt [[/signed]] Hon. Cur. Sect. Osteology
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