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the work of distributing fish, the car made brief stops at St Paul; Fargo, Dakota; Mandan and Helena, Montana; Tacoma, Washington Territory; Portland, Oregon; Mountain Home, Idaho, and Salt Lake City, Utah. As soon as it became known at those points that the National Museum was ready to accept gifts of live animals, quite a number were presented, and others of desirable kinds were purchased at nominal prices. The most important of the animals collected and brought to Washington by Mr Hornaday were the following; 1 Columbian Black-Tailed Deer ([[underlined]] Cariacus columbianus [[/underlined]]), 1 Mule Deer ([[underlined]] Cariacus macrotis [[/underlined]]), 1 White-Tailed Deer ([[underlined]] C. virginianus [[/underlined]]), 1 Cinnamon Bear, ([[underlined]] Ursus cinnamomum [[/underlined]]), 2 Badgers ([[underlined]] Taxidea americana [[/underlined]]), 2 Red Foxes, ([[underlined]] Vulpes fulvus fulvus [[/underlined]]), 1 Cross Fox ([[underlined]] Vulpes fulvus decursatus [[/underlined]]) 2 Spotted Lynxes ([[underlined]] Lynx maculatus [[/underlined]]), 5 "Prairie Dogs" ([[underlined]] Cynomys ludovicianus [[/underlined]]), and a Golden Eagle ([[underlined]] Aquila chrysaetus [[/underlined]]). All of these animals were brought back in the fish car, a task which involved infinite labor and care. The trip, on the whole, was [[insert]] a [[/insert]] highly successful one, and the relations established with western hunters and collectors [[strikethrough]] l is [[/strikethrough]] are certain to prove of value to the museum. The car returned to Washington on Nov 8, having travelled over 7000 miles.

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