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from the same collector. [[stet]][[strikethrough]]The only [[/strikethrough]][[/stet]] [[strikethrough]]Saving[[/strikethrough]] other [[strikethrough]]of[[/strikethrough]] [[stet]][[strikethrough]]specimens[[/strikethrough]][[/stet]] North American specimens of special interest were included in a collection made by Mr. E.W. Nelson in Arizona.  Mention of a portion of these specimens has been made in a previous report (see Museum Report, 1884, p.    )  Among the [[strikethrough]] animals [[/strikethrough]] skins received this [[strikethrough]] year [[/strikethrough]] half-year, were [[strikethrough]]a[[/strikethrough]] two excellent examples of Abert's squirrel and two of the Arizona Squirrel, ([[underlined]] S. Aberti and S. arizonensis [[/underlined]]).  The collection also contained a badger and good specimens of the Coyote, wolf [[strikethrough]]p als[[/strikethrough]] antelope, mule deer, &c.

[[strikethrough]] British American and Alaska.[[/strikethrough]]

[[underlined]] Central America and the West Indies [[/underlined]] - From Mr. José C. Zeledon the Museum received a skin of a black jaguar ([[underlined]] Felis onca [[/underlined]]).  Among the spoils of [[strikethrough]]of[[/strikethrough]] the [[strikethrough]]U.S.[[/strikethrough]] Expedition of the U.S.F.C. Str. "Albatross to the Island of Cozumel, Yucutan, were two Peccary skins, two of the Coatimundi, [[underlined]] Nasua narica [[/underlined]], and one of an opossum, [[underlined]] Didelphys aurita [[/underlined]].

[[underlined]] Other parts of the world [[/underlined]] - During this period, as in the years immediately preceding, the most important accessions of exotic mammals, were received from the production of menageries, and

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Moved ed from the beginning of this page to the end of the previous page -- obtained. Later transcriber: "Stet" and the dashed underline is a way for editors to undo a strikethrough or other proofreading mark - it means "leave this the way it was". He didn't do it quite right but I think the typist would figure out that the second sentence should start off "The only other North American specimens of special interest were". Sciurus aberti and Sciurus arizonensis Didelphys aurita = Didelphis aurita USFC = U.S. Fish Commission - see this link: https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/history/vessels/boats/albatross.htm Str "Albatross = Steamship "Albatross"