Excerpt from The Andes and the Amazon: Or Across the Continent of South America
Birds John Cassin, Philadelphia. Bats Dr. H. Allen, Philadelphia. Mammalian Fossils Dr. Joseph Leidy, Philadelphia.
Many of the type specimens are deposited in the mu scums of the Smithsonian Institution, the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, the Boston Society of Nat ural History, the Peabody Academy of Science, and Vas sar College; but the bulk of the collection was purchased by Ingham University, Leroy, New York.
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