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8-17-18
[[preprinted]]
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
WASHINGTON, D. C.

ADDRESS REPLY TO
CHIEF, BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY,
AND REFER TO
[[/preprinted]]

August 9, 1918.

Dr. Alex Wetmore,
1011 Forum Building,
Sacramento, California.

Dear Wetmore:

Under separate cover I am sending a few bones of a bird found in the stomach of a jaeger. The sample is not very complete and the bird appears to be immature, taken from the egg if I am not mistaken. I shall be obliged for any opinion you may be able to give on this material, which it is possible you could name more closely if you were here in washington.

I am inclosing also a letter from one of our South American friends. which I should like to have you translate for me. I think I know what the man is driving at, but it is a case where I want to know exactly. This letter is from one of the institutions removed from the exchange list of the Biological Society and invited to become a subscriber.

Your report on the birds of Stinking Lake has been copied and turned over to Preble with careful instructions as to its use. I talked over this matter with the Chief and he confirms the impression you [[strikethrough]] have [[/strikethrough]] got in your conversation with him before you left Washington. With best regards.

Sincerely,
[[signed]] W.L. McAtee [[/signed]]
Assistant Biologist.

Inclosure 5926