UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITITTIOX 
JJ rcs/iinyton, 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF 
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 
October 
4 
1937. 
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 
This will introduce Dr# Alexander Wetmore, 
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in 
charge of the United States National Museum, who is 
traveling officially in Venezuela to secure collections 
of birds for our Institution# The specimens obtained 
will all be placed in the United States National Museum# 
Any courtesies that may be diown Dr# Wetmore 
in connection with his work will be greatly appreciated# 
