SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 
April 27, 1908. 
Dr. E. A. Hearns, 
Fort Totten, 
Hew York. 
Dear Dr. Hearns: 
I an enclosing herewith a letter from Dr. Znud Andersen to Hr. 
Hiller with refence to your note on Acerodon mccoyi . You will also see that 
Andersen would like to have some of your Philippine Fruit Bats for use in 
getting up the new Catalogue of Chiroptera. 'That are your wishes on Doth mat¬ 
ters . You can write to Andersen or to Hr. Hiller direct as to Acerodon mccoy i 
or let me know your wishes and I wil 1 write them to Hr. Hiller. As for the 
hilippine Fruit Bats, I think it would be well to let Andersen have a selection 
I wish you could pick it out. How long will it be before you are coming down 
to work up your things? If it will not be long, it might be well for you to 
do some preliminary work on the Bats and then send some to the British Huseum. 
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Eut if Andersen is going to begin on the question before you do, it might be 
well to send on a few bats now. Kindly let me know your wishes and I shall 
arrange the matter accordingly. 
Hoping to have the pleastxre of seeing you soon, I am 
yours sincerely. 
cm.vjo^ 
Assistant Curator, Divi&iqn of Hamnals. 
