UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
June 3, 1916 
Mr* Alex Wetmore, 
Corinne, UtsQi. 
Dear Wetmore: 
I am enclosing herewith the belated collecting permit which 
entitles yon to collect birds in Kansas nntil June 30, 1917* 
Massrss* Eskridge and Emmons went over to the Smithsonian 
fewer yesterday, and secured sixty-five ^rn owl pellets* 
I understand that some of the interested parties in the Salt 
I«ahB Valley are asking Senator Smoot to reinstate the duck item on 
the floor of the Senate* 
Mr* Lawyer informs me that our warden reports that every spring 
a considerahle number of blue-winged teal are found dead on Sandusky 
Bay, Ohio* He will give me a memorandum so that next spring we may 
correspond with the warden, and possibly learn the cause of the trouble 
I hope that all is going well with you* 
Very trulv votups* 
F-MW 
Enclosure 2611 
