SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 
20 Februsry 196$ 
■Oear Fredi 
Let's go back tiirough tae Newell's ^bearwater mess again. 
I remeinber or can find record of four non-Kgual birds, all of which 
should have complete data with them. These are as follows J 1 from 
Sand; 1 from the ATF trip; 0823 6 July 1961). at sea; 0880 F ^ 
September 196i|.,'\ In addition the 29 October bird which died 22 
December (actually killed) is still here. 
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Now how many birds are still in D.C,^ total? 
We apparently agree on the matching of soecimens and data for 
10209, C^38, 0 ^ 62 , and 0 ^ 60 . Is still there or not, -^u have~ 
it listed in both places. It seems likely that 10^77, 10573 and 
10579 are the 12 Oigtober birds. If all were crushed, unskinned and 
in paoer bags, then I'm suxe. 
Numbers 056l, 0557 and 10212 then need to be matched with data, 
Ffumber 10212 is not an at sea bird but the number could have been 
attacned out here from a miscellaneous series, 
of these straightened out when Warren returns, 
least should be easy to figure out. 
I'll try to get some 
The your^ bird at 
After Tuesday there will be only two unstuffed birds here and 
se are such a mess that I'll have to do them| myself. From then on 
no specimens x»rill go into tiie freezer or through here writhout full 
data on the bird (Kure and BCF included), Lkinnine and orenaration 
will be supervised and date will be recorded on the label and in a 
catalogue at the time of preparation. 
I should nave been policing a long time ago. 
