SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20560 
30 January 1966 
Dear Jan: 
You will soon receive two half drums of alcoholics for the POBSP, 
probably two containers of raisceHaneous and specimens for Dr. Zusi and 
a trunk of prepared study skins from POBSP. Later in the week you should 
get a shipment of frozen mateidal. The alcoholics and study skins should 
have MeBee cards except for the following which we can not find here: 
Drum No, 1: 25565 ( Fregata minor ); 1538 (Puffinus pacificus); 1523 (Sula 
leucogaster ). ~ 
Drum No* 2: 1553 and 15U9 ( Sula sula ); 1532 (Ste rna fuscata); 25862 (Anous 
stolidus ); 25868 ( Bregata ymimor )♦ 
Tnank: 20520 ( Diomedea immutabilis ) May be 20525??? 
This shipment is a mess and some labels will probably need to be re¬ 
done. Also the large specimens were not supposed to be prepared out here. 
All of this and more happened because we assumed people knew what they 
were doing. You will notice that we inventoried the freezer here and tliis 
list is enclosed. Those numbers followed by an * are without complete Me 
Bee cards. I hope these were sent back earlier and if so please KEEP 
them there for the present. ¥e will keep looking out here just in case. 
We also have McBee cards but no specimens for the following: 
1629 Sula iactylatra ;j^'^^O^^ Diomedea i mmutabilis ; 1329 Bulweria bmlwerii ; 
1318 Phaethon inibricauda; 25871 Zosterops japonica; 25796 Pluvialis dominica; 
1237 , 1256, 1295 , 131U, 25868 (Fregata minor); 1195, 1308, 1327 Puffinus 
pacificus ). 
We also have record of the following specimens wtdeh are no longer here. 
Would you please check and see if they were returned: ' ll?!:, 1238, IO 98 , 1253* 
1239 (all Sula dactylatr a); 1331, 25361, 25362 (all Sula sxila ); 1270 Pterodroma 
hypoleuca; ll5l Danmedea nigripes; 1289 Pterodroma externa. 
Don’t try to answer this letter before I get back - I’ll go over it 
with you when I’m back next week. 
