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[[double underlined]] List [[/double underlined]] of [[double underlined]] Accessions [[/double underlined]] of [[double underlined]] Living Animals [[/double underlined]] during [[double underlined]] December. 1888. [[/double underlined]]

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No | Sci. name. | Com. name | Condition | From whom obtained. | Address. |
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1 | | Yel. crown'd Night Heron. | Depos. | A. H. Jennings. | Baltimore. | [[checkmark]]
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6 | Chrysemys marginata. | Terrapin. | Gift. | U. S. F. C. | | [[checkmark]]
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2 | Pavo cristatus. | Peacock. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | W. F. Krieger. | Wheeling. W. Va. | [[checkmark]]
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1 | Colymbus torq. | Loon. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | Andrew Minick | Washington. | [[checkmark]]
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2 | Lepus vulgaris. | Tame Hares ("Silky") | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | W. F. Krieger. | Wheeling. W.Va. | [[checkmark]]
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2 | Cavia aperia. | Cavy. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | " " " [[ditto for W. F. Krieger.]] | " " " [[ditto for Wheeling. W.Va.]] | [[checkmark]]
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1 | Didelphys virg. | Opossum. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | " " " [[ditto for W. F. Krieger.]] | " " " [[ditto for Wheeling. W.Va.]] | [[checkmark]]
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1 | Megascops asio. | Screech Owl. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | J. M. Simpson | Wash. D.C. | 
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2 | Didelphys virg. | Opossum. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | U. S. F. C. | | [[checkmark]]
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1. | Haliaeetus leuco. | Bald Eagle. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | John Hoffman. | " " [[ditto for Wash. D.C. | [[checkmark]]
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4 | Alligator miss. | Alligator | Dep. | J. Frank Ellis. | U. S. F. C. | [[checkmark]]
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1 | Megascops asio. | Screech Owl. | Gift. | J. C. Pilling. | U. S. G. & G. S. | [[checkmark]]
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1 | Alligator miss. | Alligator. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | J. T. Hagan | Wash. D.C. | [[checkmark]]
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1 | Fiber zibethicus. | Muskrat. | " [[ditto for Gift.]] | Henry D. Stone. | Bennings, D.C. | [[checkmark]]
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1 | Bubo virg. | Gt. Horned Owl. | Dep. | Judge H. C. Harmon. | Mt Pleasant, D.C. |
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1 | Cacatua galerita. | Sulph. cr. Cockatoo. | " [[ditto for Dep.]] | W. R. Smith. | U. S. Botanic Gardens. |
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Transcription Notes:
"Cavia aperia" should be "Cavia aperea" but transcribed as written. "Didelphys virg." should be "Didelphis virg." but transcribed as written.

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