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^[[ L 5 upper - Jan - June 1885.]]

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DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALS.

Frederick W. True, Curator.

Report covering the period from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1885.

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1. Review of important accessions from January to June 1885.*

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* Accessions of osteological material are referred to in the report on the Department of Comparative Anatomy.

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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 species not previously in the collection.   The proprietors of the great menageries of the country, and the various scientific bureaus of the Government have made important contributions as hitherto.   The number of private contributors reached [[blank]].

Terrestrial Mammals.

[[underlined]]United States[[/underlined]].---One of the most interesting specimens of North American mammals was a fairly good skin of the black-footed ferret, [[underlined]]P. ingripes[[/underlined]], received from Mr.G. H. Ragsdale, of Gainesville, Texas.   A skin of [[underlined]]Perognathus fasciatus[[/underlined]] was obtained from the same collector.   The only other North American specimens of 

Transcription Notes:
In the final paragraph, "P. ingripes" has a penciled correction to switch the i and n so it would read "P. nigripes" -- it was transcribed as typed (without the correction), but could equally be transcribed as corrected.