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out, or reverses them [[strikethrough]] from [[/strikethrough]] from male to female (red & yellow, and vice versa to see what effect this has.  B. [[?Herfhies]] also have odors, but they are not doing much here from that angle yet it seems.  The invesigation does seem very much like what Von Frisch did on bees, but not as deep or exhaustive yet.  A Mr Fleming is also doing something on insects, he was working on some broken down equipment when I was there.  A Miss Kennedy does the photography for the group, was a student of Mary Rogick's and had one of those illust. letters as Bussler gets and she sends with her manuscripts.  They maintain a rather wonderful reference library here but it and equipment are carted back and forth from N.Y. every year.  Come in Dec. stay till June and have 40 or more boxes of books, instruments etc. that I gather Alcoa carts back & forth free of charge, & carefully oh so carefully Miss Crane says.

Beebe himself like Bartsch is older and feebler, but more alert than Bartsch is younger too, 77 now.  Is very proud of his 3 ft shelf of "popular" natural history books.  The royalties much be substantial, [[strikethrough]] 2 or more [[/strikethrough]] Several have gone through a number of printings, and at least 2 have been reprinted.  Beebe himself is studying behavior of birds.  There are a host of them here in this quiet valley.  In this way is following in Chapman's footsteps and is watching them from an air-castle similar to Burro Colorado but 

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B. [[?Herthies]] more likely "Herfhies". I think the letter after the r is more consistent with Schmitt's "f" and the name Herfhy shows up in Jamaican newspapers in the 1890's. Still it's a stretch, so I've left the question mark. - @raferrante