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[[left page blank]] [[start page]] ^[[[[R.E.H?]] 1. dep. 12. 1884 [[T?]] [['.T.N']]]] ^[[Rev. by R.E.H & W.B.T.]] [[margin]] [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] [[underline]]B[[/underline]] [[/margin]] [[preprinted]] [[preprinted]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON, [[/preprinted]] Jan. 14, 1884 ^[[F.]] [[margin]] [[green line]] ^[[image: loop figure]] [[margin]] [[circled]] 1 [[G?]] [[/circled]] [[/margin]] [[margin]] [[green line]] [[underline]]Memorandum to Professor Baird[[/underline]]. I have made a careful survey of the lower part of the Smithsonian building with an eye to the selection of suitable location of an office for the Department of Birds, and find that the [[underline]]North-west gallery[[/underline]] will answer the purpose [[underline]]far better[[/underline]]than any other place. This gallery contains a considerably larger superficial area than the two rooms now occupied in the South tower, while the space, after the cases are removed, could be utilized to far better advantage. Not only could the necessary desks, tables, etc. be accomodated there, but there would also be