February 24^ i 960 
'Pbe nonoi'abl^; 
Cbrir>t1,ntt 'I-ertc*' 
Secretary of 
r \ f Id 
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"ecretar^: 
I Jm.^o 
tbs honor to iofo'es:! j-ou tbit the aaitbsoaisai 
lastlt-ation 19 spteisorlas e 6taient5.flc ciqseaitim ar, 
tbc a^sltb*4>aic.ii.->I'*rod.is. Caribbean rt'^iioditioji It.* ’(•♦■bicJi vaxa. 
bctTbi ia S^'t>f;rs?.30.j, Yucatsaj. piXS'Ces-d sXf»S the coae-i of^k’uc&toaij 
nriii in t.fe -'VO oS aaifx oi 
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Tl«t5^0}vil 
lUiStrs 'riH participa.fe’s ia thiii oifieiaj- 
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leader of ‘tJr:? ^ind J» X’- (kilBB Cliirte*. uxirtitOT" 
of IxisocuB# xf.C’y xfld.1 dio* dnioe Bredin^,. 
0f* i'«s^>5itr1;0xi_s TK^hiJtr^TB p Mn* JoliB F'iulayj^ of ¥#it^tl.e,ro iJiife-iai 
miaiii c. of tliO University of i)eJxiwa.re .; and )lr. 
.E«!b-sf ioM , o? tfco' Jfetiooj^l MuniWi of -CXicaifetj Ottem. • , 
.liie orlp ^:d.ll f bcancod by furais pixyvided tbrc«gh tb® ^ ^ ■'■■ 
^^aereslty of f*Ir» isecdto* ll'isy plaa to lee/ce this Ci-WEttry 
about Ma r ji t^X*- 15 'uid raturp. about ISiy 19} 19tO. 
ibe ijerty plans te travel to Pr«%r«so by ship lAod all". . 
,ibe exwjditiou ^/lll tr-s’/el Progreso by.^aas of ebarterea 
auxiliary sebooaerj the ElifS C-OOSlj TO feet O..Av owwd W , 
ljwlre ',1 C. Hsi-rey, of Sm? fork City} and. skippered by toptela 
laa i.tirn.stt. 
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ibo puri^ose o.f tl^e trip is to bioXoii,ii2vj3fl ^^tiidie 
sasi collect sjjecbjeiis of plaats aiid aurbasls in the wi tors along 
ttse coast otit of Progreso &xta in ad^&ceat islands and reefs, It^ 
ia s»«>iisat£Kl tlmt tb© spechtseao obt-aliicd ulll supp-lmeat our present 
coiloctiem and add siiccies not pi-eviouiily represented. I believe^ 
this vork cspeciany dasirablO} since infOKasition wlU be obtained 
on the distrilration of plants and animals in th-is area. 
