SS ey ne ee SS ee din Di Ti Ss ae ERE i Sn ele eo 6. W. STEVENS @11030-78 DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY i NORTHWESTERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Alva, Okla, July 4, 1909 Prof. Lel.Dyche, Corator of Museum, Lawrence, Kansas Dear Sir, | On a collecting trip I made to Alacka last year I secured the specimens lister below, each with measurements, and preserved in good condition for mounting. . Will yok be so kind as to give me an estimate of the value ef the collection? I desire a fair estimate of their value based upon What such specimens would cost if porcured by purchase’. : | List of Specimens. 4 Moose. ‘9 Caribou. 7 White Mountain Sheep. 8 Sea~lions. is Sea-leoparde « 9 Kodiak Grizly Bears. 15 Alaska Black Bears. 5 Alaska Black-tailed Deer. 1000 eggs of glaoceus-winged gull, puffin, ey ster-catcher. 5O Small memmals,-—porcupine, pika, ermine, whistler, otter, beaver. 125 Birds,30 species. Agsuring you that I shall very appreciate your kindness in Very truly we) f e ss doing me this favor, a snisilidiaiil