July 3, 1944. 
Dr. J. P. E. Morrison, 
H.Q., Box 1000, 
A.P.O. 827, 
o/o Postmaster, 
Hew Orleans, Louisiana. 
Dear Doctor Morrison: 
The tiro boxes of birds arrived safely and have now been unpacked. 
It has been a joy to me to see the rest of the specimens that we secured 
in March and also the fine series that you have added since in the work 
that you have continued since I left. I have finished putting labels on 
the rest of my specimens and will begin at once to make some comparisons 
as I am sure that there are some new things among them. To help me in this, 
will you please look at your catalog and write me the numbers of the spec¬ 
imens that you got with Martilde so that I can distinguish them from the 
others? I want to be able to compare the two series as I think that there 
are differences among some of the species. 
The series of land rails is a fine one and will show the characters 
of the bird as found in that locality. Tftiile I have not checked carefully 
in detail, I should say that you have secured about a dozen species that 
are not in our list. You probably recognized the barn swallow and the 
black-billed cuckoo as migrants. There is one ruddy quail-dove that is a 
form we did not find. I will write you more about these later on. The 
skins are well made and show that you have profitted by the work that you 
did before you went down and also while we were together. The boobies 
have gone to the taxidermy shop where one will be mounted flying, and the 
other, I believe we will make into a skin as it supplements the series 
that we collected on the day that we were out for them. 
The Colonel who was in charge when we first arrived called me 
by telephone and I expect to see him in a few days when he gets back from 
a little vacation. He has told me of your change in location. 
Sincerely yours. 
A. Wetmore, 
Acting Secretary. 
hmw 
