
          busily at work on the Mammals
 of expeditions and have already 
 scribbled off many hundreds 
 of pages. It is however
 entirely impossible to finish
 even part this spring and
 I must have till next winter
 at least. They talk of having
 all the Natural History reports
 in a separate series of volumes
 to appear after the Reports proper
 are finished. What think 
 you of that?


 Very truly & Sincerely
 Yrs
 Spencer F Baird


 Dr. Jno. Torrey
  96 St. Marks Place
 New York


 I had a letter today from 
 Schott dated Camp Yuma. Feb. 
 9'. He sends some plants to you.

        