UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
March c’, 1912. 
I'r. Alex Wetmore 
Box 626 
San Juan, Porto Kioo. 
Dear \7etrnore: 
Your letters of February 11, 15, and 26 were duly 
received, and also the reports covering Gayey and Aibonito 
have corae to hand. \7e are very much pleased vdth the progre 
you have made in your v/ork and with the specimens v;hich have 
arrived from time to time. 
I 
1 trust that all the supplies ordered have reached 
you promptly. I do not understand why the cotton which you 
ordered on January 8 did not reach its destination. 
7'e 
shall try to send the 2,000 cartridges v/hich you need, on 
the boat v/hich leaves Mew York on the 2brri. 
i hope tliat you will be able to secure a good 
speciDien of the Great blue heron before very long. Ur. 
Oberholser has v/ritten li description of a new species from 
the '.Vest Indies and he is very desirous to have the type 
from Porto Rico so that it may be held in our collection. 
He ha.s described, I believe, £ibout a dozen nev/ forms of the 
Green heron, most of them from islands of the "•est Indian 
group . 
\7ith kind regards. 
Very truly yours 
L 
In Gliarge of Piconomic Inv 
ati cns. 
