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Newell’s She abater at Kilauea 
Point ? Kauai. 
Photo by Warren B . King 
FIELD DIRECTOR LEAVES 
Dr. Charles A. Ely who has 
been the Field Director for the 
POBSP since 1963 has resigned to 
return to the position of Associate 
Professor of Zoology at Ft. Hays 
Kansas State College, Hays, Kansas, 
from which he has been on leave. 
Dr. Ely taught at Ft. Hays from 
i960 through June of 1963 . Before 
his employment there, he had 
completed undergraduate work in 
zoology at Pennsylvania State 
College in 1955 and received his 
Master's and Doctor of Philosophy 
degrees at the University of 
Oklahoma in 1957 and i960 
respectively. 
Dr. Ely’s wife, Janice, served 
as secretary of the Pacific Program 
during the two years which they 
lived in Honolulu. Dr. Ely was a 
Board Member of the Hawaii Audubon 
Society and Mrs. Ely was its 
Secretary. Dr. Robert L. Pyle, of 
Washington D. C. , is the new Field 
Director for the Pacific Program. 
Dr. Pyle is on leave from the 
National Environmental Satellite 
Center of the U. S. Department of 
Commerce. Dr. Pyle was employed at 
the Oahu Research Center in 
Honolulu from 1953-1956 and is no 
stranger to the Hawaiian area. 
PROJECT SEEKS HELP 
FROM PACIFIC RESIDENTS 
Interested persons living in 
the Pacific are urged to assist our 
study of Pacific birds by sending 
us your personal observations. Al- 
though we have scientists stationed 
in the Pacific, there are many 
islands, some of which are substan- 
tially populated, that are not 
covered by their studies. Obser- 
vations made by interested laymen 
are often just as useful as those 
made by scientists and will help 
fill these gaps. 
Your letters giving information 
such as the local breeding and 
migration schedules for various 
species, approximate numbers of a 
migratory species there at any one 
time, etc., would be especially 
appreciated. Also useful are Inter- 
esting photographs from your area, 
particularly if of a bird which is 
not commonly found there. 
We look forward to publishing 
appropriate contributions in future 
issues. -Editor 
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Letters to us concerning 
our program in the Paci- 
fic, requests to be put 
on our free mailing list 
for the Pacific Bird Ob- 
server, and contributions 
for future issues, should 
be addressed to Pacific 
Bird Observer , Pacific 
Ocean Biological Survey 
Program, Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington, 
D. C. 20560. 
