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Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Secre¬ 
tary of the Smithsonian Institution 
in Washington. D. C.. and W. M. 
Perrygo, of the U.S, National Mu- 
| seum, left recently for the Darien 
Region for the purpose of making 
certain biological investigations con 
cerned with birds in that area. 
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Dr. Wetmore and Perrygo, accord 
ing to an announcement by the 
United States Embassy^ have been 
ilown to an airstrip at the town of 
Ja qunear- the Colombian border. 
They intend to establish headquar¬ 
ters and carry but their studies at 
Jaque and in the neighboring areas. 
The two men plan to stay in 
region for about six weeks. 
studies will be entirely 
and will constitute a eon 
of recent work relative to the orni 
thology of Panama which Dr. Wet¬ 
more began in 1944. Results of these 
studies will be published ultimate¬ 
ly, arid will of course “be available 
to scientists in Panama as well as 
in the United States; % 
The work as indicated above, is 
official on behalf of the Smithso¬ 
nian Institutiop tb» yji. u»- 
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