On the 14th of March I visited the Goloraiio State Huseiim, Here 
Hr* Firp;ins. the Director, torh me m « tinir of the ImJldlnp and the 
coll fictions, a 'ao?t enjoyable end interest' ng <»tperience, 'They have very- 
fine exhibits of American birds and aata-nala, Inpeelallv notSTOrtiy is 
the exhibit of the mall aaiaaials of the state, '’from Dr. Slnniager I re- 
ceived. a cast of s Meteorite for personal deliveiy to oiir otsa Department 
of Geology. 
Diarlnn the w,ora.!.as of the 15th I ran out to Bouldo.r to visit 
the Items of the Halverslty o.f Colorado and fmmd it 'mrth the 
tLmo msnt. fhey possess reaarkably fine aollnak collect' o.nn^ aa well as 
'oasll, fish., Th,sir lavout s>TT>T>lemont3 In a most, wonderfi.,Ct i^aj th© fauna 
of Colorado ss exhibited by the *latural Hli5to;cy JIuseua ffhich is chlefly 
recent vartabrate and palaaontologlcal., while the Dniveraity is particuler- 
Ij strong In Invertebrate moteriaT-., 
Wblls at 'Lincoln, Nsbraatoj March IC-l?;,. I an acno-'.int of 
uh‘3 Gnlap,a 30 3 Islands and my Beve.-ml vl-sl'ts tt’cr© to the graduate students 
arid fnctil'ty of tha r'epa'.rtsjent o,f Ioalo. 2 j?, I «l:5o renewed my acquaintance 
with Dr. Barbour, of the State Museum, and ^.nspecte^d bis new exhibits* 
I reached Iowa City at 11 a.m, March 1.8, The trsi..n was three 
hours late leaving Lincoln and two hours late reaching Iowa City, because 
of the v-^ry ssvors d'lst storms erco-'int*s"-'ad in viestem t called 
cpon Drs. Dill, Marsh, and Bodino, and west over the situation regarding 
the Hutting collections as alreridv reported to you. Apparently every 
scrap of 8'uttl.ng’s -signuacrlptSj personal aoteg, and card catalogs (and he 
must have had mme) have gone Ijy 'the board, for none of the gentlesen 
referred to a.bo'??, .nor the llhrnrlm, catsloger, or Soolo^^ D©p.ortmaat .: 
sset'-onsl Itbrari-an k-aow of ejiy papers or notes, nor could w© find any, 
I also called upon Mrs. Hutting on rf “ H ev' ■ ..i. n ^ ... i 0. al ^ n. 'j'... ... t . 
Zoology Department afealnar and the Museum studarta and staff on my 
Galapsjps experiences. 
I.a Chicago, .M-sreh fl md. 2f, the first 2a.y w.'-s gi'"-®. over to a 
vi.3lt to the fielo Museum, where X mw Drs, Osgood *.ad Cchaldt, and Mr, 
’leed, end al so visited the taxldcmiilsts who are feisily -sagaged in 
xoun'tlnr u.'0 the elep-bant ae®! ‘tr-oin tho.t C..5pt«-ln Hancock enabled the 
to secure 1 b the spring of Of i;fhB half dosen aniffial^ obtain^a^ 
.meet of them wers fio"a.aitid.j the largest la a. 5,CK)0 pcirn^: bull.| a 
,specl.maaii fhe e'ecc-n^: doj I e-sl.lscl iipoB Dr* C, Tv.wner of Borthwestem 
tJnivcirsity at ston t^xid t%.lkod i#?lth him the crayflwah stud.ie8 which 
he ir making and the apeoimene upon which they were ba'seclj wMcli ha ie^., ^ 
row -pE-cking for trmsmlttal 'to th© M-asewi. Afsa 
I left Chicago at 9.10 p'.m. on the 22rsd end, reaching Washington 
at 4*^ p.m. on the g5rd, reported for duly the Muse-i® at 9 a.a. 
on March £5, 19?5» 
Again I wi.eh to express my rippr«clatjoa for the opoci'tonity 
afforded a© of partlelpating in the Kencock .Expedition* 
Stneer^y, 
