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identifier/filename
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371-00076
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title
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Letter, Lawrence Bruner to C. Hart Merriam, 1903, Feb. 17
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description
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Typescript letter, 1 page, from Lawrence Bruner to C. Hart Merriam, "I have been asked to prepare a special…"
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Transcription
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Feb. 17, 1903. Professor C. Hart Merriam, Division of Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. My dear Sir:- I have been asked to prepare a special report on the Relationship of some of our Birds to Horticulture for the forthcoming volume of the State Horticultural Society, and in doing this would like to illustrate so far as possible the number of species. I would therefore like to obtain electrotypes of the following named birds, which have appeared in various publications of your division. - x Cuckoo--Yellow -bill. Robin Bluebird + - x Chicadee - x Brown Thrasher + Catbird House Wren + - x Meadowlark Bobolink Redwing Blackbird + - x Baltimore Oriole Blue Jay - x Kingbird Phoebe - x Goldfinch Song Sparrow Field Sparrow Lark Sparrow - x Dickcissel - x Rosebrested Grosbeak Cedarbird - x Barn Swallow x Mourning Dove - x Mockingbird Shrike--Great Northern + + Virginia rail March Hawk + - x Swainson's - x Short-eared Owl - x Red-head Woodpecker - x Crow Blackbird + - x White-bellied Nuthatch In writing or preparing this report I would like to quote quite extensively from a number of papers originating in your department, and shall gladly give full credit for anything so used.
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date
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2/17/1903
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source/RG#/MS#
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MS 0371
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isPartOf/Collection
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Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU), Records
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rights
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For copyright information, please contact the repository.
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publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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language
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English
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