Transcribe Allen, J. A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1886-03-12)

ybg </em American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, New York City, > March 12, 1886.

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</em Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy, J. A. Allen, Curator > Prof Henry A. Ward, Rochester, N. Y. Dear Professor : -

    I have been at work for

some days on the Monkeys and have finished with the group of New World Monkeys. It occurs to me that the best thing to do in th way of filling deficiencies will be for you to send to me all the Monkey skins you now have in stock & let me select whatever is new, for in all probability I should find some that I should want. I can give you a list of the names of the unrepresented