BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1887. 



Third Annual Report of the Curator of the Department of Mammalogy and' 

 Ornithology, 8vo, pp. 1-10. 



A brochure privately printed by order of the President. Reprinted in part in Ann. 

 Report Trustees Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, for the year 1887-1888, pp. 12-16. 



To a report on the accessions and activities of the year 1887 is added: 'Wants and Recom- 

 mendations,' and letters to the President of date Nov. 7, 1887 and Jan. 21, 1888, in advocacy, 

 respectively, of the purchase of an important collection of North American birds, and of 

 sending expeditions to the West to secure specimens of bison, elk, caribou, pronghorn ante- 

 lope, mountain sheep, and other forms of rapidly disappearing large North American mam- 

 mals. 



The Museum of Natural History. An Appeal for Aid in Carrying on its Work. 

 <New York Evening Post, Feb. 28, 1888. 



Of the $64,000 expended in 1877, all but $15,000 was furnished by the Trustees. The 

 accessions received and the work accomplished by the Department of Mammalogy and 

 Ornithology is recounted, and a plea made for financial assistance on the part of the public 

 through aid by membership, etc., in return for free access to the exhibition halls of the Mu- 

 seum. 



The Museum of Natural History. <New York Tribune, Feb. 24, 1888. 



Published as editorial, about 500 words. 



Announcing the founding, objects and character of this excellent journal of which four 

 volumes (1890-1893) were published. 



The Natural History Museum of New York City. <New York Evening Post, 

 Feb. 28, 1893. 



Its scientific work as set forth in the Bulletin of the Museum. 



Letter on alleged skinning of Kids and Birds while alive, to improve the quality 

 of their Skins or Plumage for Commercial Purposes. <0ur Animal Friends, 

 XX r p. 268, No. 12, Aug., 1893. 



Letter in reply to the question "How does the Study of Nature Pay?"<Tfte 

 Hesperian (newspaper), Gainesville, Texas, March 31, 1893. * 



Letter to Geo. H. Ragsdale. 



1888. 



1890. 



Zoe, A Biological Journal. <Auk, VII, p. 300, July. 1890. 



1893. 



Bibliography: Summary of Titles. 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Zoogeography 



Nomenclature 



Biography 



Miscellaneous 



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