Three cases in the archive pass through the Smithsonian. Some reach its collections. Others only reach its name. In the St. Augustine case of 1896, Webb sent a specimen there, and curator William Healey Dall entered it as Accession 31678. Decades later, in 1957, F. G. Wood obtained that sample, and it went on to Gennaro and Mackal. In Montana, a description of the Hutchins Ringdocus was sent to the Smithsonian. It brought no identification. And in Maryland, 1909, the Snallygaster was said to be wanted alive by the Smithsonian. The institution never hunted it.
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