UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Liarch 20, 1912. 
llr. Alex Wetmore 
Box 626 
San Juan, Porto Rico. 
Bear ’Wetmore: 
The supplies vjhich you a,sk for in your 
letter of March 9, were forwarded to you yesterda.y. 
I am sorry to learn tViat you lost your auxiliary, but 
1 find tha.t we can send you a new one on the 23rd. 
1 am interested to learn that you have 
secured a fine series of parrots and crows, as well as 
other interesting specimens. I expect that Doctor 
If I remomber rightly, the natives reported 
to you that Gymnasio fed quite extensively on green 
coffee berries. This is a peculiar food for a bird 
of prey. 
On account of the delay in securing a nev; 
lofiding outfit, we shall be unable to forv'ard the 
aux and other ammunition before' the boat leaves Mew 
A 
York on March 27. 
With kind regards, 
Ver; 
L 
In Charge 
