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Annual Report
Mammals 87-88

[[triple underline]]Report[[/triple underline]] [[strikethrough]]upon the operations of the[[/strikethrough]]on the Department of Mammals [[strikethrough]]for the fiscal year ending June, 30,[[/strikethrough]]in the U.S. National Museum, 1888.
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By [[double underline]]Frederick W. True[[/double underline]] [[underline]]Curator[[/underline]] [[strikethrough]]of the Department[[/strikethrough]]
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In my last report I stated that the chief features of the years work were the rearrangement of almost the entire exhibition series in new and specially-adapted cases, and the replacement of a portion of the defective material in the study series by the purchase of fresh specimens.  During the past year the work has progressed along the same lines, but some special tasks were also undertaken, the principal of which was