UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
CHIEF, BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
AND REFER TO 
C0HFIDS1TOIAL 
June 26, 1923 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
Oare Bishop Museum, 
Honolulu, H. T. 
Dear Doctor Wetmore* 
Your confidential letter of June 9, from Honolulu, concerning 
the addition of Mr. Lawrence, of the Bishop Museum, to your party, has 
been received. I trust you will be very certain that he makes no 
collections which will go to the American Museum, and if it proves 
that he is a representative of the American Museum and his photographs 
go to them for their use, I shall consider that it is a very unpleasant 
case. 
Furthermore, any publication by the American Museum of an ac¬ 
count of the bird reservation obtained on the present trip without 
first securing the permission of the Secretary of Agriculture, through 
this Bureau, would be absolutely unjustifiable and would look like a 
case of taking an unscrupulous advantage, particularly in view of the 
fact that their subscription to the trip was withdrawn. naturally 
the publications concerning this expedition should be prepared by you, 
with any additional matter to come through our consent. We certainly 
do not need his assistance in preparing reports on the expedition. 
From what you write concerning the large number of people on 
the expedition it appears to me that the Bishop Museum must be taking 
advantage of the opportunity to the full extent at least. 2n© 
question is whether the opportunity is not being crowded, particularly 
if men like the man representing Murphy, which appears not to be a 
soientist but merely a writer. I should consider additions of 
that kind to the party beyond the subject of our agreement and of a 
kind which was not contemplated when Doctor Gregory and I had our con¬ 
ference. Of course, it will be desirable to avoid any controversy 
unless forced into it, but I certainly should include in any other ex¬ 
pedition a definite understanding to cover cases of that kind. 
Sincerely yours 
Chief of Bureau 
