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Drawer C, Balboa, O.Z. 
December 6- 1955 
Dr. Remington Kellogg 
U.S. national Museum 
Washington 25, D.C. 
This morning I saw Captain Field and Marvin Keenan, and delivered 
aux. shells that I brought down for them. They were very happy to 
these. They have an active program now in eeto-parasites under which * 
are preparing 6 0 to 80 mammals and 150 to 200 birds a month. One poor 
little Could : Manikin yielded 2^92 seed tleks! At the present 1 ? ' 
are entirely out of Rational Museum labels. When I left', Charlie 
*f s JHS®this but was haying trouble in getting labels' strung. 
The diffi Lty has been that whenever a lot of labels arrived, there was 
.always 'enough .of a backlog to tise than up# 
May I ei ; test that you get behind this program a bit, have 500 labels 
strung promptly; and sent down airmail, with another 1000 to follow rather 
soon by steamer mail. This is on the assumption that you want the wnnww»i 
iterial, and that you wish to keep this contact alive. If there is any 
question about airmail postage, ask Miss Weiss to make a.-matao and I will 
reimburse her myself on my return next spring* Field is moving, tomorrow 
to new quart or sat Co y 0 z al but the mail address remains the same* He has 
a number of birds on hand now that I am going to identify for him some 
time during the next two weeks. . ■.t ' t, f : t .<■ . - 
_ 1 hcv ® ®ade the appropriate approaches relative to the Coiba trip 
and have it set up for the month of sunny* The . poll thorities 
have been very cor b 1 about it. and this year I do not anticipate any com- 
ions. iverytl in order here .end we wi , Juan Mina for a 
k on Friday* I had planned, to go a stuck with a 
delay due t M of the P en a SMin ian legal holidays — M ■ ; s Day, this time! 
Rains appar ly are 
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off and have not been too bad since our 
Sincerely yours. 
A. V;eteore 
Research Associate 
