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The work on the "Nomenclator Zoologicus" has progressed satisfactorily, the number of genera card-catalogued being about 950.

The curator would finally call attention to the fact, that during the colder part of the month work was almost out of the question, as there were no means of heating the offices which, consequently, at times were quite uninhabitable.

Respectfully
Leonhard Stejneger
Curator, Dept. Rept. & Batr.

Transcription Notes:
Unsure of last word. I think it's Batr. short for batrachians