Henry Hildebrand 

 Department of Zoology 

 Texas A&M University 

 Kingsville.TX 78363 



Frank Lund 



P.O. Box 541 



Jupiter Island, FL 33458 



Rene Marquez M. 

 Apdo Postal 79-052 

 Col. Doctares 

 Mexico 7. D.F. 



Peter Pritchard 

 Florida Audubon Society 

 P.O. Drawer 7 

 Maitland.FL 32751 



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