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In the afternoon's hunting I also sat; a tool ( probably C-rccm- 
•Hinged ) but did not shoot him. In tho evening Bill caught by 
hand a short squat s scaup-lllo K duck on tho sidewalk which 
I think is also an asian variety* 
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Bp at ? and spent several hours working on tho equipment 
and the balance of the naming on tho skeletons which have boon 
bugged® Tho dormestids do nearly as good a job as tho ones in 
the U*S» colonys as wo now have seven fully cleaned skolotons 
ready for shipment homo® I inoculated several more skeletons 
with dcraostid larvae also® In tho afternoon I fins.shed up 
tho Hc3oo Cards for tho bird specimens taken thus far and also 
tyoed up tho physiological research reporo and proposal for 
sending back to D®C. on tho plslo® Ken arrived in good health and 
spirits and was suprised to find the cooperation whioh^wo enjoy 
heros Apparently this was not true at Johnston® about leCO wo 
took Icon around tho island seeing ono blade-foot and two ducks® 
one of which was a green-tanged teal and another of the same sis© 
and proportions of tho ono that Bill got yesterday® Couldn* t got 
close enough to shoot® In tho evening I dinned tho dude 
from yesterday and showed Kon the problems and techniques 
of making bird skins® Wo should always have someone hero who is 
ablo to make skins of unusual birds as if cosing makes sJ ‘ 
of 1 and badly shot up birds doubly hard* In bed b; 
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Slept in a bit this All and then up to rearrange our equip¬ 
ment as tho C*G* has given us a near sot of shelves to put our 
equipment on* Finally our make—shift lab space is beginning to 
get uncluttered* 2a the afternoon I spent seme time preparing 
ono decision and comploteing everything on tho MeBeo Cards 
up through specimen 20152* I an afraid that I have, not taken 
somo of tho measurements properly® in particular wing and tail* 
In tanoncadc work with gulls which is tho only experience ^ of 
measuring which I kavo had® wing span and total length ranker t 
y) wing ( manos to tip of primary's ) and tai l, measurements 
f "■ were tho important criteria* It was not until the MeBea 
car®s.s arrived here and 2 began filling them in that X rc-lnsca. 
this error: Fortunately, those two measurements can be completed 
on tho ddne® Wo again circled tho island —n the evening -is 
search of newly arrived Blade-foots and found five® and also 
ta^f^ed several seals* Somo notes on tho abundance or ££2ss2L 
°° fca ( Sharp-tailed Sandpiper ) s Today w® saw tee more 
! awAt-Viav*. i.nnA5?<s«tlv this sandpaper is a rcgualx 
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