SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
S. P. LANGLEY 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 
RICHARD RATHBUN 
Assistant Secretary, in charge of 
U. S. National Museum 
WASHINGTON, D. c, December 2, 1905. 
Dr. W. True, 
Head Curator, Department of Biology, 
U. S# National Museuin. 
Dear Sir: 
Your letter of DecemlDer 1, advising me that you will 
not loe able to undertake any additional field work in Maryland 
Virginia, or Uev/ Jersey, before the close of the calendar year 
has been received. I note of the total amount alloted you 
for this work, $84.80 has been unexpended, and that the col- 
lections made at the Calvert Cliffs during the past fall a- / 
mount to about 400 specimens of cetacean bones, bringing up 
the total collections from the Calvert Cliffs and the ITomini 
Cliffs, Virginia, to 1000 specimens. 
The question of your visiting Philadelphia and Nev/ 
York in this connection can be taken up during January. 
Yours respectfully, 
Assistant Secretary 
in charge of National Museum. 
