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related to the work of the Department, the Curator wrote in full to Mr. Josua Lindahl, Curator of the Illinos State Museum of Natural History, regarding the North American species of Opossums. Mr. E. Myer of Carthage, Tenn., received information regarding a fossil Porpoise jaw found near that town.  Mr. Aurelius Todd, of Eugene City, Or., received a list of the principal works of reference on Mammals. Information regarding the Cetaceans to which the name of " Cowfish" is sometimes applied was furnished to Mr. John Robinson , of Salem,Mass.  A considerable number of Mammals were identified for Mr. G. S. Miller, jr., of Cambridge, Mass.  Mr. Richard Rathbun, of the U. S. FIsh Commission, received information regarding the Mammals found in and about the Galapagos Islands. An account of the geographical distribution of the American Caribous and and the European Reindeer, was furnished Mr. Chas. F. Danfurth, of Boston, Mass.  Some facts concerning the "Musk-rat" of Anglo-Indians, were transmitted to Dr. Elliott Coues.

In July, the Curator prepared for publication