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If you vAW then send it to me, T will get Mr. Ridgway to 

 complete it as proposed. It is not very likely that you will make 

 many additions to the list ; at any rate, I do not think it is worth 

 while to wait much longer. 



Yours truly, 



S. F. Baird. 



Mr. and Mrs. Boardman spent the winter of 1884 in 

 Florida, althoup^h Mr. Boardman did but little collecting. 

 Almost the only entries in his diary which refer to this 

 are the following : ' ' Februarj^ 4 Went to ride out in 

 the pine woods with Mrs. Boardman ; got a few birds ; 

 afternoon, mounted three birds. February 5 Went 

 out in pine woods with ladies ; shot blue bird ; afternoon, 

 mounted bird." They were then at Palatka. They 

 arrived in Washington on their return east, April 7, 

 where they remained ten days. It was the usual round 

 of pleasure and study. They called upon members of 

 the Maine delegation in Congress, attended receptions 

 and visited friends. Mr. Boardman was at the Smith- 

 sonian, at the National Museum and with Prof. Baird 

 nearly every day and on different days he records in his 

 diary : ' ' Called all round to see the folks ; at the Smith- 

 sonian saw Prof. Baird, Prof. Goode, Ridgway, Eliot, 

 Capt. Bendire, Coues and Hornaday ; took over burrow- 

 ing owl and Limpkin eggs to museum ; went to fish 

 hatching-house and museum, got birds of Ridgway and 

 eggs of Capt. Bendire ; saw Prof. Verrill, Dall and 

 others and went over to Academy of Science ; all day at 

 museum, saw Dr. Hayden, Coues and others." Reach- 

 ing New York on his journey home Mr. Boardman spent 

 a few da^'s at the Central Park museum where he saw 

 Dr. Holden, Mr. Bickmore, Mr. Lawrence and others. 



