BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, 
Berkeley Street, 
Boston, Mass., 
Jan. 1, 19Q^L. 
Dear Brewster, 
I enclose a formal note such as 
you request out perhaps not exactly In the way 
which you expected it to come. I thought it 
would be better to leave the matter of the ex¬ 
act provision for the preservation,etc.,open 
for us to talk over, beeaus.e we have a way of 
disposing of types that ?ie now have, and it 
would be better perhaps, if you liked, to do 
the same with Wilson's types, but we are pre¬ 
pared of course to do anything that you require 
and under the circumstances it seemed to me 
best simply to treat you as a donor whose gift 
was conditioned upon our taking such measures 
for the preservation of the birds as will meet 
with his approval. I hope you will be able 
with this and Mr.Eatchelder's addition to send 
