NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
OFFICE OF 
SUPERINTENDENT 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 30, 1925 • 
icy dear Schmidt; 
I did not find you at the Museum to say good-bye , 
so am writing to v/ish you a good voyage and a pleasant 
trip. You should have a very good tine in the part of 
the world that you are going, and I quite envy you. 
Should you be able to get any of the animals that 
v/e spoke of, it would be very nice for the Zoo. You 
are going into the South Amerfcan ostrich country, and 
also probably vhere penguins live. If you could secure 
and ship to us any of these, they would be very valuable 
for our collection* Any size and any number of penguins, 
and any number of small rheas, would be exceedingly 
valuable to us. 
If you touch Ceara, call on Dr, Prajicisco Diaz de 
Rocha, who has a private museum there from which you 
might be able to obtain some of the materiel usefi^l to 
you. 
Reminding you again that anything that creeps or 
crawls is wanted by the Zoo, and also that we will be 
very glad to reimburse you for any e3!pense incurred in 
getting material, and wishing you a pleasant voyage. 
Very sincerely j'ours , 
mri, M, mim 
Super inten d ent 
Dr. W. S. Schmidt, 
Steamship "Western World", 
Munson Line , 
Pier No* 1, 
Hoboken, New Jersey. 
P,S*-“ Live stockcoming to New York should be sent in 
care of— 
Louis Puhe , 
351 Bowery, 
New York City, 
