THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 
School of Hygiene and Public Health 
615 NORTH WOLFE STREET 
BALTIMORE 5, MARYLAND, U. S. A. 
DEPAHTMEOT OF PATHOBIOLOGY 
December 
1962 
■ r, Eraser A. Byers 
U.S.S. BDISTO (AG 3- 2) 
c/o Fleet Post Office 
New York, New York 
Dear r. flyers: 
Thank you for your letter of 6 November 
and glad you are 0 in C for the Bird Banding Program. 
I have been trying to get an extra copy of Birds or the 
cean but regret it is out of print. However, I ar.i 
n 
V./ 
sending another book "Sea Birds of the South Pacific" 
by Harrison which will be valuable and contains most of 
the 
Antarctic bir 
This will 
be sent by 
Airmail in 
a separate packag 
P 
V* * 
I am sure 
there will 
be at least 
one 
copy of Birds 
M » 
or 
the Ocean 
onboard B3S 
BDISTO, for 
or • 
Waldo Schmidt 
and 
probably 
Captain IcDortald have 
t he i r own coil e s a 
jood success and have fun 
Sincerely yours 
Dr. william 
V 
. t 1 
S laden 
cc: Commanding Officer, USS 
Dr. /aide Schmidts 
ID IS 
Please return the book at 
will need it for others. 
end of the voyage, 
we 
