Minas de Oro, 
Honduras,c.A. 
June First,1933. 
My dear Mr.Ames: 
To-day I am sending you 6 packages "by Parcel Post. 
Mo one contains Woody plant specimens Mos.P-591 to P-608 inc. Pas. 
<a~nd_ three 
Mo two\ contain!, Orchid Specimens Mos.399 to 423 inc. Pa.Mo.4 
contains Orchid flowers in alcohol ( Three Bottles ). Pas. 5and 6 
contain specimens for the MM Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
Hope they reach you in good condition. 
The specimens I am sending for Mr.Barbour 9 tegssfcr. 
consist of Insects,both aquatic and terrestrial,dried and in liquid; 
Reptiles in liquid and one bird skin. The birds are in such very 
bad plumage just now that I decided not to send others I have on 
hand. The one specimen is in good plumage. I should like to know 
if the Doctor wants specimens of the very large lizards and snakes 
and if so how he wants them prepared. Also if the bird skin I am 
sending is prepared as he wants them. Hope that he will be pleased 
with the first collection I am sending him. I shall be glad to 
receive any suggestions he has to make as to 1M methods of prepar¬ 
ing specimens or packing for shipment. 
I am leaving here to-day for the Dept.of Yoro via. 
La Libertad in the Dept.of Comayagua. From La Libertad I shall work 
over the mountains to Yoro. 
I have received the publications you sent. They 
are very interesting and instructive to me. 
With the very best of good wishes to you, I am, 
Yours truly, 
