UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
May 10, 1912. 
Mu'. Alex Wetmore, 
Box No. 626, 
San Juan, P. R. 
Dear V/etraore: 
In hurrying off rrry letter to you the other day, I neglected 
to approve your plan which you had outlined. I think that your 
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scheine is a good one not to waste time in making up any more skins 
of the commoner species, but to devote your attention to collect- 
ing economic data and securing specimens of the rarer species. 
If you hau'S tne opportunity, I v/ish that you would collect 
a pair of mongoose for our economic collection. I am planning to 
have specimens of the more economic marmals and birds, to be used 
in pointing out characteristics to interested parties. 
I hope that you will be careful and fight shy of the fever 
and other objectionable things that pertain to the islands. 
With kind regards. 
Yours Yery truly, 
In Charge , Economic 
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