Transcribe Allen, J. A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1879-12-6)

[another hand- </u Prof Allen >

                                    Museum of Comparative Zoology,

Dec, '79] CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

                                                  Dec. 6, 1879.

Dear Prof. Ward,

  Your last shipment received

yesterday. Everything came safely & I am glad to see that the specimens average better than usual.

  The </u Eucalyptus shepocoma > I should like

to keep, as it is quite different from the other & I doubt very much if it is the same species.

  I do not find <?u Chirorneles torquatus >

charged on the bill, nor the </u Merops, > which ^to replace another^ I notice is marked "Duplicate". In other respects the specimens sent agree with the bill.

  Will you please tell me what is

your </u average > price for mounting Hum- ming birde?

  I notice a large lot of unmounted

skins are returned,. Do these, with the mounted