UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
CHIEF, BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
AND REFER TO 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
Assistant Secretary, 
Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
Confirming informal discussion, the Biological Survey 
will be honored to be represented by you at the meetings of 
the Eighth Ornithological Congress, at Oxford, England, July 
2 to 7, 1934. Being so thoroughly conversant with the lines 
of ornithological work conducted by this Bureau , we feel that 
you are preeminently well qualified to speak for us in connec¬ 
tion with say feature of the Congress that may bear upon our 
activities. 
A copy of our letter to Dr. F. C. R. Jourdain, Hon. 
Secretary of the Congress, is inclosed for your information. 
Trusting that the trip to England will prove both 
instructive and pleasurable, I am 
Sincerely yours. 
Acting Chief. 
Inclosure - C09857. 
