UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
51, 131.:, 
r. 3ilex .;etmore, 
Corinno, Ut.r3.:» 
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■.;e have searched I’at' er carefully for tiie bira oanas you aehea 
for raid do not find. them. I’hey are not in the amminition case or oui- 
aenoral storage case, nor are they in your desk. hr. hislier says that 
he reraernhers ST'eakins' to you about them a day or tuo before you left 
and that you then statea you liad them vdth the rest cf the thinrs 
you were preparing for shipment. 1 wonder v/hetiicr you do not really 
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ave them oxit there and liave onlv mislaid them. 1 am g;lad to leam 
that conditions for ycur v.'ork are steadily improving aixl tiust that by 
this time you '.^re having good weather and the breeding season of the 
ducks is in full r.'roe:ress. 
Sincerely yoxtrs. 
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sistSint .Biologist. 
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