Smithsonian Institution, 
IVashington, August 22, 188 J. 
On behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, it 
becomes my mournful duty to make known the 
death of the Secretary of the Institution and Direc- 
tor of the U. S. National Museum, 
SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, LL. D., 
which occurred at Woods Holl, Massachusetts, on 
Friday, August 19, at 3.45 o’clock, p. m. 
S. P. LANGLEY, 
Acting Secretary. 
