UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Mds/u’//y/oy/, l\S.A. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
international catalogue of 
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 
August 1926 
To the Friends and Correspondents 
of the Smithsonian Institution. 
This will introduce Dr. Waldo L Sclimitt, 
Curator of Marine Invertebrates in the U. 3. Hational 
Museurii, who, as holder of the Walter Rathbone Bacon 
Scholarship, is engaged in making a scientific study 
of the marine fauna of South America. His mission 
is a purely scientific one, the results of which will 
eventually be incorporated in a published report, and 
any courtesies or facilities t}aat you may be able to 
extend to assist him in the prosecution of his studies 
will be very greatly appreciated by the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
