November 10, 1949 
Lt. Col. Charles L. Pierce, 
Box 182, 
Ancon, Canal Zone. 
Dear Don Pedro: 
Yours of November 1 has reached me safely and Hr. 
Graf since his return has told me of his pleasant visits 
■with you. Graf had a great time and I was sorry that he 
did not have more time as he would have enjoyed a trip 
with you. 
We are thinking very seriously of some work at 
Ocu in the fossil deposits there and will make decision 
on this some time within the next week. I have just 
learned that we have had reports some years ago of large 
bones in that area so that there may be some very ex¬ 
tensive deposits. 
I wrote Karl the other day but have not yet heard 
from him. I hope that he will come to Washington before 
he goes back south. 
Winter is approaching and I am beginning to think 
very definitely of the south. It looks now as though I 
might get down some time in February though I probably 
will not have as much time as I had last year as I am 
scheduled to go to Europe in June. The Bayano River 
country is in my mind and I am making some plans for work 
up in that area. 
We are getting a grand lot of bird3 from Panama and 
a great deal of information on distribution which have never 
been available before. 
