EDWARD R. WARREN, 
20 WEST CARAMILLO STREET, y, 
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. November 24,1 908. 
Dear Mr.Brewster,- 
Yes,1 did send a couple of Black Leucostictes to Mr.Bangs, 
but Mr.Thayer's came from Aiken,who,however I do not think has any more 
to spare. | suppose | could spare one or two from my series at pres- 
ent. I have expected to get more,but last winter did not get up to where 
they stay in winter. | may this winter,but it will not be until January, 
at the earliest. give you fair warning that ny bird skins are not much 
better than they used to be. You see as 4 rule I dont collect birds very 
much,and largely for identifiction. Mammals are my specialty now,and it 
room at my disposal to take care ol that collection,even 
if I do have a little house of my own for the purpose,the only private 
museum in Colorado,so my friand Sclater says. 
As to price,Aiken asks $5.00 each for skins, but hardly think the quality 
of mine justifies that price. If you wish one or two of those I now have, 
am willing to leave it to you when you see them. 
Yes,it does seem a long,long time since the Arethusa Expedition,and as 
you say only three of us are left now. Gardiner's death was a great shock 
to me when I read it in the Transcript,somehow I could not realize that ie 
had been taken away. I had always looked forward to talking over old times 
with him sometime in the dim distant future. But that is not to be. 
an glad to see what you say about your own health,and trust it will 
continue to be good. As for myself,well,ymy doctor says I am too tough to 
Very truly yours, 
