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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Juno 14, 1915. 
Ur. Alex V/otmore, 
Assistant Biologist, 
Corinne, Utah.. 
Dear Vetrno re : 
7e have 50611 asked to duplicate our San Francisco exhibits 
for a Dry Faming Convention which is to be held in Denver in 
Sent ember. 
''e rash to have a group there illustrating the relation 
of bii-ds to the alfalfa weevil and therefore ask you to collect 
the following specimens: One each of magpie, meadowlark. Brewer's 
blackbird, and killdeer, and a pair of English sparrows, i’hese 
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skins should be sent salt /as soon as you can -conveniently obtain 
them. 
Holt will be ordered to South Dakota as he has finished the 
ground squirrel wo rk in Hevaaa. He will do some collecting of 
mammals for the exhibits, but he can be transferred to Utah when 
necessary. 
I inquired of Professor Cooke about idle purple martin record 
and he s 
iys that he has published a statement that the bird is 
common in Utah, but that he was jumped upon by a local ornithologist 
who says that they are very scarce. I imagine that you are m 
