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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
February/ 16, 1912. 
Alex. Wetmore, 
San Juan, Porto Pico. 
Dear I’lr. ^Vetmore: 
You. are sending in a fine lot of bird skins which 
are v/ell made , but when they arrive some of them are 
usually jarm^ied out of shape. I wish you v/ould try pack- 
ing a small box of skins in paper cones to see if they 
arrive in better condition. Fairly stiff paper such as 
the leaves of a magazine should be used and the cones 
packed in such a way that they will not crush each other. 
Mr. Nelson thinks it will work much better than packing 
in cotton and I should like you to test it. 
You have sent in a fev/ odd skulls without labels 
and as we have no data for them, they will have to be 
held up until your return unless you send in the full 
labels for them. 
Very truly yours. 
