RK-221

Boston Dec 22 1856 ansd Jan 7^th

R Kennicot Esq

Dear Sir

I shall be most happy to take advantage of your offer to procure if possible for the society, skins of such birds as are found with you, and are either not in our cabinet or of which we have not sufficiently authentic or well preserved specimens – The following list comprises all that are wanting

[written in two columns] [column 1] Nauclerus furcatus Lurnia funerea Vires solitarius – Tricha philadelphica – Vermivora[illegible] chrysoptera – peregrina – Plectrophane lapponica Pica melanolecca Corvus corax – [column 2] Rallus elegans Ardcolis exilis Phalaropus fulicarius Anser hyperboreus albifrons hutchensii bernicla Podiceps cristata

I should like very much also to procure for my own cabinet both skins and eggs of many of the birds on your catalogue – It is indifferent to me whether I get

them by purchase or in exchange If you would like yourself or if you are acquainted with any one that you think likely to wish to assist me

Please let me know

And oblige [yrs?] Respectfully Henry Bryant Curator of Ornithology

Please address 96. Mt Vernon S^t