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[[pencil]]JYB 1 copy BDF[[/pencil]] [[oval embossed image of building with unreadable text]] [[pen]]2 copies T. 12-10-85.[[/pen]] [[pencil]]f[[/pencil]] [[pencil]]L 3 upper or L 1 lower[[/pencil]] [[pencil]]file[[/pencil]] [[underlined]] Department of Mammals [[/underlined]] Frederick W. True [[underlined]] Curator [[/underlined]] Report covering the period from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1885 - [[line]] 1. Review of Important Accessions from January 15 June 1885* - [[line]] *Accessions of osteological material are referred to in the report on the Department of Comparative Anatomy. [[line]] In importance the specimens received during this period compare favorably with those acquired during the previous year. None are new to science, but many represent[[strikethrough]]ed[[/strikethrough]] species not previously in the collection. [[strikethrough]]or imperfectly[[/strikethrough]] The proprietors of the [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Terrestrial Mammals [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] great menageries of the country, and the various [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] United States [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] scientific bureaus of the Government have made important contributions as hitherto. The number of private contributors reached . [[underlined]] Terrestrial Mammals [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] United States [[/underlined]] - One of the most interesting specimens of North American mammals was a fairly good skin of the Blackfooted ferret, [[underlined]]P. nigripes[[/underlined]], received from Mr. G.H. Ragsdale, of Gainesville, Texas. A [[strikethrough]] specimen [[/strikethrough]] skin of [[underlined]] Perognathus fasciatus [[/underlined]] was obtained
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I am unsure how to deal with the writing at the top of the page, but did my best.
Also not sure if anything should be entered for the monogram/stamp in the top left corner?
Later transcriber: added some explanatory notations and the embossed stamp.
Moved ed from the beginning of the next page to the end of this page -- obtained.
Putorius nigripes = Mustela nigripes = Black-footed Ferret
Perognathus fasciatus = Olive-backed Pocket Mouse