UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
t/Iarch 5, 1912 
Mr. Alex V/etmore 
Box 626 
San Juan, Porto Rico 
D ear Mr . v/ e tinor e : 
I have your letter of Februa.ry 19th and fully approve of 
your course in relation to the request of Prof. A. D. Croinwell. 
You very properly withheld the data collected by you which is 
to form the basis of a report to the Government, and you are 
quite ri^t in offering to assist him in the way and uo the 
extent you did. 
I note what you say in regard to the breeding season of 
birds. 
I sincerely hope that the hunting bill, of which you en- 
closed a copy, will never be enacted into law, as it is per- 
nicious in principle. Your coimnents on the bill were entirely 
judicious and sound, and I trust they will be effective in pre- 
venting the passage of the bill. It will be better, still, if 
it is not introduced into the Legislature. 
I note v/hat you say in regard to the birds you are now 
^thering and shall look forward vdth keen interest to results 
obtained oy you in the Virgin Forest. This should yield some 
rarities and your work there will be full of interest. 
Very i-ruly yours 
LL 
