Transcribe Birge, E. A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1883-10-02)

ybg UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. </em Madison, Wis. > Oct 2 1883

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Prof H A Ward Dear Sir

    I met the Executive

Committee _ Col. Eso .Duyrs & Col W. F. Vibus - Curbright in regard to the osturlogical coder tion. Both agreed that we want it & that the financial difficulty is the only reason agst purchasing. Both will visit Mil & see the collection on your return. Will you please notify them as to the date of that event? If properly worked I think they will buy the whole. They said that if they bot at all a few hundred dols should not spoil the symmetry of the collection. - the horse we shall not want, of course. I see that you have no Lucertilian proper. Did you not bring a Monitor or Iguana out with you? - or some other good sized lizard? You cld them take out say - the owl Eagle which we have - or the fox who is so like the dog as to be almost a duplicate or some other specimen, arranged between us to make up the lizards price