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Peterborough, N. Y., August 18, 1892. 



William Brewster, Esq. : — 



Dear Sir, — I wish to place the collection of birds, left by my husband, where it 

 will be safe, well cared for, kept intact, as far as practicable, and made use of 

 by students of ornithology ; and where it may remain a monument to the life-work 

 of Greene Smith. 



I will give the collection (with a few exceptions to be named hereafter) to the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass., on the following con- 

 ditions : — 



1st. That the North American Collection shall practically replace the present 

 North American Collection of the Museum, and shall be kept together as far as 

 possible ; each specimen to be labelled conspicuously with the name of Greene 

 Smith. 



2d. The Museum shall be allowed to make future additions to the collection ; but 

 it shall be privileged to discard only such specimens as are positively bad. 



3d. Any part of the collection which the Museum may at any time discard shall 

 be returned to me or my heirs. 



4th. The Museum, at its own expense, is to pack and transfer the collection 

 within the next sixty days. 



From the Collection of North American Birds I reserve one specimen, No. 886. 

 I also reserve the foreign specimens, excepting the case of Humming-birds. 



Yours very truly, 



Elizabeth E. Ssiith. 



