that; ^arrangements for 8tapping oa islands can 1>c tsdosn ap with Doctor 
r.otiaoro and through him with the officer la conmuad of the vessel, thas 
preventing orossing of wires and friction which might otherwise develop. 
Ha totally there will he sora© conflict of desire oa the part of men 
representing different 11ms of research, some of the Islands attracting 
part of the mm, and having ao special Interest for others and It will he 
a matter of give and tote, hut X trust that everything will go along so 
amiably that the lavy will be pleased enough with the outcome to taie 
interest in other expeditions of the some character. 
AS stated la our conference the collection of birds made on the 
trip will he wholly under the direction of Doctor Wetaor® and all spec Irene 
will he In, his charge* He is Instructed to arrange with you to, so far as 
practicable,-fill the gape in the collection of the Bishop tecum* In 
this connection I might say that in the case of exceedingly rare species 
which are necessary for our own collection, that naturally the needs of 
our collection $ost necessarily Idee first place* Doctor Wetaor© it in¬ 
structed to turn over to you the specimens to go to your collection in 
order that they may he in your hands without delay. Doctor Wetsor# will 
also haw® charge of the -col loot in, ? any mammals on the trip including the 
Pacific Seal of which I hop© he may get a number of specimens, These are 
very roach desired for the collection of the national Sates®. Should he 
find them in sufficient numbers, there will be no objection to oa© of them 
being placed In the Bishop lnw, provided you do not have it represented, 
a© collections in other branches of natural history and archaeology will 
be, of course, wholly the property of the Bishop teen®* Should sufficient 
duplicates be collected so that any of them could be spared they will be 
welcomed by the Biological Survey to be transmi tied to the national teen®. 
hope in this connection that it will be practicable to secure for the 
national team many of the plants and Insects of the Islands* This will 
be particularly desirable la. view of the fact that sector litany® will save 
the stomachs of the birds he collect* with a view to having their contents 
carefully examined here by our experts under the microscope to accurately 
determine- 
•# & 
f* %\ &% J'\ 1 -vt#l « „ 
tm* 
wll 
on Doctor vfeteao m returns to Honolulu 
any my in whiol 
mown Is Isolds of 
appreciated. 
.t the end of the expedition 
oan facilitate a visit by him to some of the least 
group to do a little collecting, will bo greatly 
She levy has raised the question as to the feel capacity of the mine¬ 
sweeper to cover the expedition, especially the trip to reals© and Johnston 
Islands and things that on© or two trips will have to be made bade to 
Honolulu to replenish the supply. This is a matter, of course, to be taisen 
up with the Comnandant and 1 hop® that nothing will intervene to prevent 
the expedition having an opportunity to visit Walce and Johnston Islands, 
in addition to the islands of the Bird lleservation .-tnc soma others adjacent 
thereto. 
Should you send Hawaiian boatmen with the expedition to assist in 
landings, I hope that one of them oan be 
available 
an assistant to 
