Transcribe Lucas, Fred A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1882-03-04)

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to omit a man's title in writing to a friend. Why not quote my letter and supply the necessary Prof? That is what I should have done.. It is quite impossible to avoid making some changes in order to store material suitably, and if there are many birds in the lots still to come the upper part of Taxidermists shop will be unavoidably filled. In this as in other matters I must do the best I can - and take the blame. We have an adult Fur Seal female all stuffed, a nice one, Will send you lists of mens work and lists of salable specimens as soon as I can work them up. A word of premonition. Much of the material you have sent is not fair to look upon, and will not sell readily on that account. In this category come the white and rose Cockatoos from Australia, of which there are fully twice too many. Secondly when to the purchase price you have added all the expenses the total cost will be so high that it will be no easy matter to sell these birds to foreign dealers many of whom receive directly from the collectors. Do you wish me to put