UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
L-/A-X/ 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
CHIEF, BUREAU OF DIOLOGICAi. SURVEY, 
AND REFER TO 
December 27, 1920. 
D 
Dr. Alex Wetmore, 
c/o Consul-General of the United States, 
Calle Lavalle 341, 
Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
Inclosed herewith is a form letter from the Treasury 
Department which is self-explanatory. I have not considered 
it necessary to acknowledge its receipt here as I suppose it 
is one of hundreds they send out every month in order to prompt 
men who are slow in making returns. Your October card reported 
as missing is probably now already on the way, if it has not 
been received since this letter was dated. 
, We received advice of the receipt in New York of a 
shipment of specimens which I assume to be yours, and have taken 
steps to have it forwarded on to Washington. Needless to say, 
I am looking forward to the receipt of this material with the 
greatest interest. 
I think you fully understand now what funds are available 
for your work down there, and that you are to use your own judgment 
in regard to regions to be visited, and the time it will be advisable 
to discontinue the work. 
Mr. D. S. Bullock, to whom I have already referred as a 
representative of the Bureau of Markets who will proceed to Buenos 
Aires to establish an office there, is expected to leave Washington 
early in January. As I have already written you, Mr. Bullock is 
an experienced ornithologist and familiar with South American con¬ 
ditions. His address will be Care of the American Embassy, Buenos 
Aires, and if you can find it convenient to get in touch with him, 
I am sure it would be mutually beneficial. 
7/ith best wishes and the compliments of the season, I am. 
Sincerely yours. 
Inclosure 8645. 
In Charge, 
Biological Investigations. 
