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S 47797.

United States National Museum
Under direction of
The Smithsonian Institution

Washington, Sept. 30, 1885.

Sir:

I have the honor to submit the following report upon the Department of Mammals and Comparative Osteology, for the month of September, 1885.

Very respectfully,

F. W. True.
Curator.

Prof. S. F. Baird, LL.D.
Director.

REPORT.

The principal additions to the collection during September were as follows:  The skis of five young Greenland seals, from Dr. C. H. Merriam;  a miscellaneous collection of 23 dry skins, from Prof. Alex. Agassiz,---several new to the collection but not in good condition;  an Equine antelope, [[underline]]Hippotragus equinus[[/underline]], donor