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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



"Wise, William F. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), asks for information regarding a sup- 

 posed fossil which he describes. 



Wood, J. P. (Valentine, Nebraska), desires information regarding a tooth and a bone 

 which he describes. 



Woods, Miss Eva II. (Pinckueyville, Kentucky), desires information in regard to a 

 coin, a description of which is sent. 



Wright, Prof. Ramsay (University of Toronto, Canada), makes inquiry regarding 

 State Museums in the United States. 



Young. M. J. (St. Clair, Missouri), makes inquiries regarding a check-list of the 

 birds of North America. 



Statement of technical letters itrepared during the year, arranged geographically. 



Locality 



Alabs.ma 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Dakota 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



IndianTerritory 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



Numbei 



of let- 

 ters 

 written. 



4 

 3 

 6 

 14 



10 

 3 

 4 



37 

 7 

 6 

 2 



11 

 1 

 4 

 6 



19 



12 

 5 

 4 



10 

 7 

 9 

 5 

 2 



12 

 6 

 5 

 1 



Locality. 



New Hampshire . 



New Mexico 



New York 



North Carolina . . 



Ohio 



< (regon 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina . . 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia ... 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



Australia 



Canada 



France 



Germany 



Hawaiian Islands 



Hungary 



Mexico 



Scotland 



West Indies 



Total 



Number 



of let- 



teis 



written. 



2 



4 

 41 



5 

 20 



2 

 36 



2 



2 

 13 

 25 



6 



2 

 29 



8 

 16' 



5 



3 



1 



7 



2 



4 



1 



1 



1 



1 

 o 



456 



One of the reasons for the great increase in this branch of the Museum 

 work is, that the letters addressed to the Smithsonian Institution relat- 

 ing to anthropological and zoological subjects are, almost without ex- 

 ception, referred to the Mueenm. Letters of this class are received 

 daily from the Secretary, and the majority of the letters in reply are 

 prepared for the Secretary's signature. 



The Museum receives a large number of offers to make explorations 

 in various parts of the world, and to collect specimens for the codec- 



