Jill;/ 3.9, 1922. 
Mr* R, P» .loll s , 71 of -pres Meat , 
American Gatae Protect lire Association, 
233 Broadway s liew font City. 
Dear Mr. Kol'landt 
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i have your lett S ?, In r< rcl to td . th Dakota 
goose, I received a letter from Mr. Mershon, with conies of fils lette 
to Dr, Phi11lpa transmitting his specimen of the goose to Dr* Phillip 
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la his letter. Hr* Jiershon aste< 1 j yone available who 
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mens at that point* 1 replied, lal i \ . >1 the fact that I have 
already corresponded with Mr, Pettibone at Dawson, north Dakota, m& find 
that it will he to i ! cumber of specimens of theee geese, 
Mr* j’ettiboie. glviu; about the middle of iugast • the most favorable time 
to go there, I have secured a permit from the north Dacota Save com¬ 
mission to colloot the specimens and istv© directed 3r. Air aider Weteaore, 
one of our moot e . 'ienoed and most competent field naturalists to go 
there early in August and get there specimens. At the same. time, he will 
be directed t go to the Sorth Da-Sota Game Farm and secure good photo-' 
is >f the living birds, The Secretary of the Game Commission hoe 
promised to have each Of the birds at the Came Farm weighed and lot me 
know the reoul 
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written Dr. Phillips all the forego 
nderstand that effort Is now under way to secure additional 
3 . ;-joc imens * I will re turn the photographs in a short time® 
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Before I mnd v/etmore to the Game Farm, I mt planning to write 
the Secretary of the Game Coraailssion and. see if it will not "be possible 
for us to secure a p Of these birds for the Coolo sal Par’s in W binj 
ton, as they would - plainly be interesting additions* As Mr, hogue, th||f§ 
Secretary, is coopt rati ig with us on a very friendly basis, 1 have no doubt 
v.e may be able to accomplish it* In view of the fact that specimens of 
the birds will be obtained elsewhere, I thinfe it . ild be a, great pity to 
have any of these five living ones Killed "'or that purpose * 
I 1 let you have any definite inform m I get in regard to 
these geese, later on* 
