tv - '!> 
united states department of aghicui! 
k t V V 
X BUREAU • OP BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
t V . • : . . , '] f 4 4 . _) 
£-***.' 
• 4 * ) 
Letter of Authorisation. 
No * 71-Bi. 
Washington, D. C. Sept# 17> 1914 
Mr* Alex Wetmore, 
.Assistant Biologist* 
Under authority contained in the Secretary's letter 
No. S Sec., dated July .1, 1914, you are hereby authorized to 
incur sin 
qpisMS •. . , ■>. 
jenses as. may be -necessary, in accordance with 
.J i* ■JumA****. 
2C0.00 
the Fiscal Regulations of the Department, for the purpose 
stated, and during the period named below, not to exceed' . -..{V: 
, to be paid from the appropriation "General Ex- 
penses, Bureau of Biological Survey, 1915." 
Birds and Mammals)* 
To proceed on or about October 1, 1914, from Salt Lake City, 
Utah, to the lake's in San Joaquin Valley, California, for the 
purpose of investigating the feeding habits of waterfowl in that 
section and the nature of the disease causing the death of large 
numbers of these birds* 
On the completion of this work, which will require about fifteen 
days, you should return to Salt Lake City, Utah* 
& Nn — f 
munli t u— t TTHTHT m3 ’T i wr WJTO ir. 
Your permanent headquarters will be Washington, P. C* 
▲ tm ooppt 
CUWCterkaad 
Chief, Biological Survey* 
