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[[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]]

June 24, 1918.

Dr. Alexander Wetmore,
c/o Mr. J. S. Ligon,
Box 131, Albuquerque, N. M.

Dear Wetmore,

Request for the renewal of your present letter of authority has been turned in, and you may proceed on the assurance that your expenditures for the same kind of work after July 1 will also be cared for. This letter is to be for $200 and covers travel in the states of New Mexico and Arizona.

It seems that we may be put upon the monthly renewal system of appropriation again in the new fiscal year. I am delaying your food habits letter, because [[inserted "until"]] it is definitely known just which plan we will be working under it will be impossible to decide what funds may be allotted. This letter will cover travel in Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington. I am extending the area to be covered [[inserted ","]] principally in the hope that you may be able to make certain investigations for us in Klickitat County, Washington, in the fall, the precise locations are Goodno[[inserted "e"]] Hills and Sundale. We have had several complaints of damage by crows in this region. The crops affected are apricots in September and almonds in October.

I am glad to learn from your last letter that you have obtained such interesting results, and [[inserted "e"]]specially that your insect collecting is 

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