AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 
77th Street and Eighth Avenue. 
NEW YORK, May 8, 1905, 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. 0. • 
My Dear Dr, True: m : f|j-$-|c? 
Replying to your letter of l.'Jay 4, I would say that we can 
find no trace of the specimen of Phoco d on holmesii , figured on the encloset 
We do find, however, a fragment of a skull of this species, and would be 
quite willing to send it to you for your examine ti on if you so desire. 
I'any thanks for your memorandum in regard to Xiphius . I have writtei 
to '"ard's Natural Science Establishment in Rochester and asked their price 
Very truly vours. 
Director, 
