of the weather. 
Concerning the pygmy geese, again this is an animal that we should try to 
get in some time this summer. Itis our summer between now and October 
15th because of the weather. I do not believe that you have stated any 
prices on the pygmy geese and perhaps it may be impossible for you to 
get them in Kenya since they don't come over that way particularly. The 
golden-breasted starlings would certainly make a lovely addition most 
any time. Perhaps Alexander can go out and pick them up for you down 
around Voe somewhere. 
We had better cancel the order for the wood hoopoes since Kerry 
exchanged some roulroul partridges that we raised here in the Zoo with 
some place in England for some hand-raised wood hoopoes . Incidentally, 
our normal hoopoes are doing very well and reproducing for us. We 
have an order for a colobus monkey; these are usually sold at a pretty 
good price, about $700 apiece. Why don't we increase that order to two 
female colobus monkeys and give you a little more money? This wou 
bring our treop up to one male and four females, with the addition of the 
two females. 
+ We also have an order for crested percupines, a male and a female. 
\yAhese animals could be young; we need them for re-stocking our breeding 
ff f/f supply. This should be an animal that would be easy for Alexander to 
fer #/i catch, and therefore we could make you a payment on them; I suggest 
f | you make us a price offer on them. 
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We did request six dik-diks, that is, three pairs of them ~-- or was it 
two males and four females? You notice in the price lists these things 
seem to be going in the States for between $700 and $900. Perhaps 
these would be an easy animal for you to pick up and perhaps put through 
the process so we can make you a payment. What about the price on 
these animals? What do you suggest? Again, with the black-fronted 
duiker s? 
The dwarf mongoose and the sun birds would be welcome at any time, 
the sun birds particularly during the summer months. Kerry says he 
would like to have one female golden-winged sun bird, a pair of scarlet- 
chested sun birds, and a pair of vielet-backed sun birds. The other 
animals that we have on order, such as the black-legged mongoose, 
honey guides, and the Peters finfoot, of course could come almost any 
time, 
I also find that we have an order in with you for a pair of Egyptian 
vultures, a pair of black-bellied bustards, three pair of blacksmith 
plovers. 
I know the difficulties that you face in Kenya collecting iakininhes and I 
want to help as much as I possibly can. It would be a great help if I 
could have a tentative price on some of these animals so I could commit 
next year's money, that is, starting July 1. At the present moment I 
have to pay for two female Pere David's deer and four Eld's deer from 
Burma, which will eat up ail of this year's money and a section of next 
