Mr. John Seago ~ 5 ~- 
does make his prices just a bit high. 
Please have Thelma send me a copy of the order I left with you, 
since I just have some rough notes. Also, I'd appreciate knowing 
what you think the price will be for the various animals that we 
ordered, so I can set up next year's budget. I have discussed 
what we can use from Kenya with the keepers and various people 
and I now have an impressive and an unimpressive list at the same 
time. The are as follows: | 
Kerry would like very much to have a pair of Egyptian vultures. 
If these are difficult for you to obtain, I could probably get 
them from the Lisbon Zoo. He would also like a pair of Black- 
bellied Bustards and three pair of the Blacksmith Plover, and 
two pair of the White-winged Black Tern. He also wants two pair 
Lichtenstein Sand Grouse, which I think are pretty tough to get, 
at least that seems to be the consensus of opinion. He'd like 
two pair Pygmy Kingfishers and two pair Malachite Kingfishers, 
one pair Wood Hoopoes. (He was delighted with the fact that I 
had requested you to get some little Pied Wagtails already.) 
He also wants three pair of the White-starred Bush Robins. 
(Those are the ones we saw up in the Bongo camp). He'd like 
one pair Bush Shrike and one pair Helmeted Shrikes. 
Kerry needs a female Violet~backed Sunbird, a female Scarlet~- 
chested Sunbird, and two male Malachite Sunbirds. These are to 
pair up birds that he has already. I am sorry we cannot use 
more sunbirds, but the territory seems to be well defined. Kerry 
thinks this is about all we can stand in our various cages. 
I had an opportunity to talk with Gus Griswold, curator of birds — 
at the Philadelphia Zoo. He does not have room for the Guinea- 
fowl. There is a chance he may be interested in 15 jor 20 birds, 
if the price is what he considers "right" and I don't know what 
that is. I also told him that Tony was in a good position to 
get sunbirds. He should be writing you relative to the stocking 
of the new cages he is developing. 
Incidentally, on the Pygmy Geese, he has one of the Indian species 
which he has had for several years feeding on canary seed. He 
claims most people try to feed them millet but that is too large 
for the little darlings. He also says, in nature, everybody 
thinks these little birds are eating chick-weeds, but actually 
they are searching for the seeds of this plant. So now you know 
as much about Cotton-Teal as I do. Enough about birds, let's 
discuss mammals. 
