UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
CHIEF, BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
ANJ REFER TO 
November 8, 1920 
D 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
c/o Consul-General of the United States, 
Calle Lavalle 341, 
Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
I have not had a letter from you for some time, hut 
trust that all is going well. I should like to he kept advised 
concerning your field expenditures and the prohahle cost of 
completing the work as it has been outlined. As we shall have 
abundant use for all funds available, I trust that the-actual 
cost of doing the work may be lower than the amount tentatively 
allotted, which was $2800 for the fiscal year, and is intended 
to include the cost of your return trip to Washington. 
We are now making some preparations for the A. 0. U. meeting 
which begins today. I wish that it were possible for you to be here 
to tell us some of the interesting experiences you have already had 
with the birds down there, but all of this will keep for the meeting 
next year. 
Dr. Nelson, as you know, has been away all summer, and is 
still somewhere in the west, and will probably not return before the 
middle of the month. His letters indicate that he has had an exceed- / 
ingly interesting and profitable trip in Alaska. Francis Harper and 
his party have apparently been very successful during the summer, his , 
last letter announcing the shipment of about 1500 specimens of birds 
and mammals. He has recently been on a hunting trip for Woodland 
Caribou, and will probably return to Washington very soon. Dr. Taylor 
is now in Arizona carrying on some work in connection with our new project 
under which I hope to be able to do a lot of work on the life histories 
of numerous species of mammals. Mr. Bailey is also in Arizona working 
along the same general lines. Work in the office is proceeding about as 
usual. The estimate for the next fiscal year was increased $20,000 for 
the use of this Division. If we succeed in securing this, it will be a 
substantial step in advance, but more will, of course, be needed, and I 
trust that further increases will be provided. 
Please write as often as convenient, and keep me fully advised 
concerning the progress of your v/ork. 
With best wishes, I am 
Sincerely yours 
P. S/.: Please note inclosed statement 
from the Treasury Department. 
(Inclosure 8619) 
Biological investigations 
In Charge 
