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TOWNSEND, Charles H. Description 

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J'roc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XI, June 9, 1897, pp. 

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 A new subspecies of Bald Eagle, Halicetvs 

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TRUE, Frederick W. Note on the oc- 

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Proc. U. S. ?fat. Mus., xviil, No. 1069, July 

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Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., xix. No. 1101, Dec. 

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A new species, Scapanus orarius True, is 

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WALCOTT, Charles DooLiTTLE. Fossil 

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WHITE, David. Age of the Lower coals 

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WILSOrs, Thomas. Piney Branch(D. C.) 

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Antiquity of the Red Man. 



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