Eugene Eisenmann 
no WEST 86th street 
NEW YORK 24, N. Y. 
June 3, 1953 
Dear Dr. Jetnore: 
. It v;as most considerate and thoughtful of you to 
write ne about tne Sicalis . I am delighted you found it. 
One is alv/ays pleased to have the identification of an 
unej^pected bird confirmed, especially v/hen it turns out, 
as surmised, to be a new form. Your proposal to burden 
the little fellovj with my name is flattering, but I can’t 
object so long as you don’t insist that it be made a ver¬ 
nacular name. 
You seem to have a fine set-up at Sona, and a great 
variety of birds,too. Your report of the Grasshopper Spar-| 
rov; is interesting5 v/ith Goldman’s Cliepo specimens and two 
in the American Iiuseu.x taken at hrances, Chiriqui by H.J. 
tvatson in 1907j one v/onders if the bird is not fairly well- 
distributed but overlooked. I've never noted it. i par¬ 
ticularly envy you the owls, hxcept for Pulsatri x and 0. 
chollba , they are simply,uiMentified and tantalizing voi¬ 
ces, so far as ny experience goes. 
I expect to reach Panama about Juiie 15. bas 
v/ill be the home of my brother, Robert, at Juan franco 
I should like nothing better than 
with you, though I can't see that 
am not a collector, I could sliovj 
call nice Ghordeiles minor, which 
they are breeding birds, and also 
to get into the field 
you would benefit as I 
you the niglithavRcs that 
should be a. nev/ form if 
the martin Phae oprogne . 
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Actually,however, you would probably find these easily 
yourself - if you have not already done so. Ixicidentally, 
C» acutipemiis also occucrs in Panama at tx.is seasonj you 
may recall that J. .^eber collected one (identified by him- 
mer and others as the race acutipemiis ) in early July. I’d 
also like to see a series of Gha.etura swifts collectbd 
about the Ganal Zone. I can make out at least two sizes 
at this season, but would not hazard an identification. 
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My plans*-in Panama are -quite indefinite 
I 
I’d 
liki 
to visit the marsh at ua Jagua (Xhiere I've never been>*, • 
and perhaps spend a couple ©f weeks in tiie mountains of 
Giiiriqui - particularly if I can rent a car and persuade 
my 16 year-old nephevj to drive ne. If so, v/e v/ould pass 
through Sona, but I doubt whether that would be before 
you leave that area,. When I reach Panama, I'll call zetek 
and try to find out when it may be feasible to see you. 
iiasta la vista, then, and good birding. 
Cordially yours, 
