Bird Room, British Museum 

 August 13, 1939 



Dear Doc: 



Having been around the circle of various 

 and sundry museums it would seem that I should 

 submit some sort of report. 



Leiden is a very different place under 

 the guidance of Junge, compared to the Van 

 Oort regime of several years ago, I spent 

 tvro "weeks there with excellent results in the 

 v;ay of Bonaparte and Temminck types - thanks 

 to Junge's help. I may say that our very 

 pleasant impressions of him from Rouen last 

 year are more than verified, both personally 

 and professionally. He devoted practically 

 his entire time to me at the museum, took me 

 on several long country walks, and seemed 

 really disappointed that I would not put up 

 at his home instead of a hotel. 



Brussels took nearly a month - much more 

 work there in the way of Du Bus, Dubois and 

 Bonaparte types than had been anticipated. 

 There is considerable systematic grief there - 

 ^bst of Du Bus' "Mexico" types being taken in 

 "Tabasco" by Ghiesbreght - in territory which 

 is now Chiapas - and consequently his names 

 are perfectly good for several Central American 

 mountain races. Also Bonaparte's Passerculus 

 anthinus type is there - beyond any question. 

 Thank God it is "the" V/estern Savannah Sparrow 

 and consequently no change from Griscom and 

 Peters' review is necessary. 



