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[[stamped]] G. Brown Goode. [[/stamped]] [[preprinted]] Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. ^[[Mar. 2nd]] 188^[[2]] [[/preprinted]] Prof. G. B. Goode. Curator Nat. Mus. Dear Sir I have the honor to furnish the following brief synopsis of work performed in my dept. of the Nat. Mus. for months of Jan. & Feb. 1882. Specs. rec'd & entered in Jan. 10 " " " " " [[dittos for Specs. rec'd & entered in]] Feb. 39 No specimens have been fully identified for the reason that a press of official duties has absorbed my entire time. The two assistants in the Dept. have been busily engaged in revising the