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Literary Work.

A very noticeable portion of the time of the curator has been taken up by certain investigations, and the preparation of various reports that have been called for by the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary, and prepared accordingly, for publication or otherwise.  The following here have been submitted:-

A brief report on the results of the Smithsonian Expedition for American Bison.

A full report of the same, with a map.

A report of investigations made in regard to the protection of game in the Yellowstone National Park, illustrated by a specially prepared map.

A plan, with estimates of cost, for a National Zoological Garden, to be located in the District of Columbia. 

A paper on the Extermination of the American Bison, with maps and illustrations, (not quite completed during the year.)