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By 20
55
Ornithology.
Dept.
[ale this
Specie
for the Prof
was made
by Mylton
of By 22
This Box has not been opened or cleared a
Few Cases.
Cautely.
Birds. 99 Specimen
Shrikes. 4 Specimen
Echini. 4 Specimen
Gorgonia. 2 Large bundle.
1 Bundle Containing Specimen of Lingula anatina
[From the River, with Loris, & Peppers-
Pteropus 3 Specimen]
[Legard]
[Ornithology].
1 Met Basked Containing Sunday Curiosity from Crete.
1 Bundle Containing a Human Skull from the Magusaking
of Mattavatta, marked T. R. Peale June 24th 1840.
Bae No.
24.
Ornithology.
Dept.
This Box has not been opened or cleared a Few
Cases.
Cautely.
4 Basket.
2 Earthquake Laps.
4 Specimen, Birds from Honduras. Sandwicked [illegible]
By 20
(Sharks)
Ornithology.
Dept.
By 22
Ornithology.
Dept.
The Box has not been opened.
Cautely.
Mr. Peale, Headly, Shelly & Curiosity.
The Box a rather Trunk, have not been opened.
Cautely.
Birger, Easthampton & Curiosity.
[A quantity of Tortoise-Shell, with the exception of two bundles,
delivered to Mr. Peale by order of the Library Committee of Congress.
Charles Pickering.
Jan. 27th 1843.]