Minas de Oro, 
Republic of Honduras,C. '. 
May 13,1933. 
My dear Mr.Ames: 
In a few days I shall have another shipment ready 
to mail. I expect to leave he^e about the 95th.of May for Yoro. 
In regard to material for Dr.Barbour;I have collected 
quite a number of Insects a few Bird Skins and Reptiles which I 
shall send to you Mth my next shipment of plants. You state in 
your letter of April 11th.-By the way I have not received the letter 
you say you wrote a few days before the one da : ed April 11th.- that 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology is short in funds at this time.I 
have this proposition to make to them: If they will take my material 
I shall be glad to send it to them and allow them until the First 
of January 1934 for payment. 
At this time of the year birds are in very poor 
plumage and I am very short of material for preparing this class 
of specimens. By the time I can get the necessary materials the 
birds will be in better condition. I wonder if Dr.Barbour would 
be willing to send me the materials I need and deduct the cost from 
what he is to pay for specimens. I am enclosing a list of the 
materials I need and can not buy locally. Please take the matter 
up with him and have him advise me as soon as possibly 
The reptile specimens I have preserved in 10^ 
formalin solution. Please have him advise me if this is the way 
he wants them. 
Anxiously awaiting your reply to my letter of 
April 18th. and with very best regards, I am, 
Very truly yours, 
