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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON 25, D. G 
Third Progress Report - Ootober-November Trip 
Itinerary 
Oct. 22 Landed Canton 3 PM 
Oct. 23 Left Canton 2 PM 
Oct. 24 Landed McKean 5 PM 
Oct. 25-27 On McKean 
Oct. 28 Left McKean 6 AM, landed Gardner 2 PM 
Oct. 29 Left Gardner 4 PM 
Oct. 30 Landed Hull 10 Am 
Left Hull 5 PM 
Landed Hull 7 PM 
Left Hull 8 PM 
Oct. 31 Landed Sydney 8 AM 
Nov. 1-2 On Sydney 
Nov. 3 Left Sydney 8 AM, landed Phoenix 2 PM 
Nov. 4-5 On Phoenix 1 
Nov. 6 Left Phoenix 6 AM 
Nov. 7 At sea 
Nov. 8 Arrival Pago-Pago. 
During the period of the third progress report 6 islands were visited. 
Four of these were inhabited or only recently vacated and had very few birds. 
The other two were covered with great numbers of birds. Due to the scarcity 
of birds on some islands the party ran well ahead of the ini&tial schedule. 
This means we have 15 days left for Bimie and Enderbury before departing 
for Pearl Harbour to arrive the fifth. How much of this time we use depends 
on (1) need to return by first for lag cruise, (2) general attitude of the 
ship. If there is no need to meet Yag schedule we will probably remain on 
Enderbury until the November# 
A summary of each island is given under separate heading* Xn summary? 
28 species of birds, 4 species of mammals, and 4 species of reptiles have been 
recorded. 9278 birds of 18 species were banded. 2Z s ^- ns 52 species 
were collected. 327 blood samples of 22 species were taken. About 100 slinks 
and gekkos of 3 species were collected from 4 islands. 
Fred C. Sibley 
Research Curator 
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