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Cable Address "Museology New York' 
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
CENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH STREET 
NEW YORK 24, N. Y. 
DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS 
JOHN T. ZIMMER, D.Sc., Chairman and Curator 
DEAN AMADON, Ph.D., Lamont Curator of Birds 
E. THOMAS GILLIARD, Associate Curator 
CHARLES E. O’BRIEN, Assistant Curator 
CHARLES VAURIE, D.D.S., Assistant Curator 
ERNST MAYR, Ph.D., Research Associate in Old World Ornithology 
CHARLES K. NICHOLS, Research Associate and Honorary Librarian 
JEAN DELACOUR, Lic.Sci., Research Associate 
WILLIAM H. PHELPS, Dr. Hon. Causa, Research Associate 
WILLIAM H. PHELPS, Jr., B.Sc., Research Associate 
JOHN KIERAN, Sc.D., Field Associate 
ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY, Sc.D., Dr. Hon. Causa 
Lamont Curator Emeritus of Birds; Research Associate in Oceanic Birds 
JAMES P. CHAPIN, Ph.D., Associate Curator Emeritus of Birds; 
Research Associate in African Ornithology 
February 8, 1957 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore 
Canal Zone Biological Area 
Drawer C 
Balboa, Canal Zone 
Dear Alex: 
Thank you very much for your kind letter. The death of John 
Zimmer will be a great loss to ornithology, and that of Josselyn 
Van Tyne on January 30 came as even a greater shock. 
Zimmer’s Tyrannidae manuscript was pretty well completed, but 
apparently he had not arrived at any arrangement of the genera. 
He also left considerable manuscript on the Cotingas and Mana- 
kins, but it will require more work to put this in shape for 
publication. 
I am glad to know that you are having a good field trip. The 
news about the Check-list is also good. 
With best regards to Mrs. Wetmore and yourself. 
Sincerely yours, 
Dean Amadon 
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