Transcribe Allen, J. A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1886-12-02)

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I have gone over to see what changes can be made, in order to facilitate the completion of the contract

    I propose to strike from

this list a considerable number of species, which it is evident you can supply only with difficulty if at all. On going over our collection of North Amer. ican birds to catalogue it I find we already have some of these species represent- ed, & for that reason propose to remove them from the list of desiderata. (Others are of such rarity that I feel sure you have