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February 5 , 1957 
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Dear Berts 
It has bean good to have your letter though I am sorry to learn of 
tao difficulties, relative to the BOU membership caiapaigft. - Concerning this 
1 lmir ® certain suggestions, all of which you will see will h&vo *-ou doing 
all the work hie I s^yself em sitti yprettyl 
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Ons# relative to any of the candidates, you could prepare a suitahlelettor 
! - flfc&o be copied, signed and returned* Two* You .H pre¬ 
pare si . a loiter and sign lay name to it, per Herbert Deigrnn. For this 
you have^my authorization. Threes You could do a little editing on the 
form so -id Av; would stand as seconder and HID as nominator. These are 
all suggestions, for your consideration. 
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It ii- sad to learn ■ death of* Z issuer, although this was - something 
•to .be expected at any time, from his physical condition. I appreciate your 
letting me know as I will send a note to 
My lo<; blon at the moment is far beyond any of vy best anticipations. 
For years I have looked at the Caribbean coast of Panama south'Af the Canal 
Zone with realization that beyond a point* the area was closed because it 
was in the territory of the Sen Bias Indians. I had hoped to males a col- 
1 ection RO'newhere near their frontier. Instead, Bee. and I are located south 
on© hand river in the reservation itself and in an area teeming with 
oirds. It. developed that there was an old airstrip here for fighter planes 
during the.war but long- sine© aoant. ted* An outfit at one of the airports 
iji Panama runs a sb± to some sort of a tourist trap in the reservation 
! *^h© boys can look at m few Indians* buy a drink for $1,5© and then 
cote heme I I made a deal to be flown in here in a little Cessna 180 plate 
that carries four passengers* Boa, our assistant (Guedon), and I made one 
load, S our nal baggage. The field itfii d food for a month took 
two mors planes, and here we are now in an old s ack at the edge of the air 
Held with birds just outside the door. We have been here two weeks and 
have plus for two more, unless the quobrada that gives us our water supply 
\plus an occasional alii; atori) goes dry. 
The collection to date totals 22§| or so, covering 10A species. All of 
these^constitute the only known records between the Canal Zone and Puerto 
Ooaldia on the Colombian border, and among thorn are some highly exciting 
ones as for example two Chaetura andrei known previously from Panama through 
one specimen. (There was a slight pause in the dictation here for the secre¬ 
tary to capture and kill a tick! The typing is interrupted frequently by 
slaps at mosquitoes and gnats, etc.) 
