UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINOTON, D. C. 
Au 0 ast 8 , 1912. 
I«lr. Alex Wetmore 
Box 626 
Sar. Juan, Porto Rico. 
Dear T/etiuore: 
Your letter of July 26 and report from Quebradil 
las were duly received, I am glad to learn that you have 
secured a good series of grasshopper sparrows as well as 
other specimens. Professor Cooke was interested to learn 
tliat .the spotted sandpiper htid already reached Porto Rico 
from the north. 
Notify me in advance when you expect to be in 
New York so that I can arrange for a letter of authority 
to bring you from that port to '.Yashington. 
The formalin which you requested was sent a 
few days ago. 
With regards, 
Very truly your 
In Charge of Economic 
s tigations . 
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