Amerman, Kenneth 
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£ SE £gg£SE U— Meeaage arrived 0800 that Chief Giragosian due today 1100. 
Did one hurdxsfl Sooties 8:30 to 10:50. 
Giragosian arrived — 1030. Ft. Detirck wants one hundred (lOO adu3t 
sooo/ terns, 150 shearwaters. After lunch we made up boxes and changed 
labels from "shearwater* to "sooty terns". Collected the terns in the 
afternoon, with the aid of McConnaghy and Charly Hill. All the C. G. 
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personnel are really cooperative.' They go 'out of their way to help us. 
We had enough cartons but not enough waxed inserts or dividers. We made 
up some more dividers and used a triple thickness of matting to replace 
the inserts. 
We began collecting shearwaters about 8:15 p.aw, again with Mac and 
f - ill helping, as well as Cuthbert. With this gleeful crew we polished 
oii the 150 in about one hour. The Chief and I then tied up the 
cartons, "secured" at 2300 — 
S eptemb erl2- - Ch ief Giragosian departed Sand Island at 1350, with the bird 
shipment of one hundred terns, 150 shearwaters % Just prior to his 
departure a message came in requesting an additional 150 shearwaters 
for DugWay p. g. He sent a message back (Capt. Reeves, Iiswa Sea Fron) 
tht this was impossible since there are no more boxes here. 
camera arrived i od< * y , along with letter from S. I, copies of progress 
reports. Two trunks arrived September 11. Two ammo boxes arrived Sept. 10. 
13- -One hundred Sooty immatures. These are harder to catch 
than adults— t ey will not ccnue near me. Fly away from me when put 
"P , an Iike adults. Jsing disgorged squid from captured adults as 
bait worked some. 
