UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
bureau of AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SMITHSONS IAN INSTITUTIOX 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
March 26, 19^9 
Friends and Correspondents 
of the Smithsonian Institution: 
Dr, Waldo L. Schmitt, Research Associate, Smithsonian 
Institution, is the leader in charge of the Smithsonian- 
Bredin Expedition III to the British West Indies during 
the month of April and the first part of May, He is 
accompanied by members of the Smithsonian staff and research 
collaborators. The party will make biological studies and 
collect specimens of plants and animals of the Islands. 
Any facilities and courtesies that may be extended Dr. 
Schmitt and his party will be highly appreciated by the 
Smithsonian Institution. 
Leonard Carmichael 
Secretary 
