Vancouver, Oct. 10 him to be rather expensive toward Allan Brooks, as regards identification. its letter has made of certain birds of his. Cummings' collection, housed in a few wooden cases in a room of his scantily furnished wooden house, numbered just 2000 birds and mammals. He has given away (as to MVZ) and sold lots of birds. I got that Dr. L.B. Bishops had bought 1 him. Cummings' skins are quite well made, tho not averaging as good as Racey's. He is keen to discover "new races", and has the idea that many undescribed forms are yet to be found on various islands— Bowen, Vancouver, Lucy, Queen Charlotte, etc. He has been on all of these and has some interesting things from them, tho he has disposed perhaps of the best. He is anxious & go again — knows now better where to hunt. It might be a good investment for MVZ to buy special things from him — send him places by advance purchase. Incidentally, Cummings intimated that Darcus' "egg" of the Mabled Murres...